Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 33

The absence from the notice of cassation appeal of the capacity of the person lodging it or the number of the power of attorney authorising him to do so, and the absence from the papers of a power of attorney permitting this. Its effect: inadmissibility of the appeal as to form. This is not altered by the convicted person being a lawyer. - The right of a lawyer acting as agent in a case to deputise another lawyer to plead or undertake litigation procedures on his behalf—without a special power of attorney—is an exception to the general rule - The reason for this: facilitating lawyers’ practice of the profession. Its condition: the power of attorney contains no provision prohibiting this. It may not be expansively construed or applied by analogy. The effect of this. - 15 - Penal Law