Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1018

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

A lawyer may not receive his fees as a share in kind of the disputed rights whose defence he undertakes. Article 32/3, 1 of Law 42 of 1964, as amended. His setting them as a percentage of the value of the claim in the cases in respect of which the action was brought. Valid. Example concerning receipt of lawyers' fees as a percentage of the claim in the cases in respect of which the action was brought.
Arabic original
عدم جواز تقاضي المحامي أتعابه حصة عينية من الحقوق المتنازع عليها التي يتولي الدفاع عنها. م ٣٢/٣، ١ ق ٤٢ لسنة ١٩٦٤ المعدل. تحديده نسبة مئوية من قيمة المطالبة بالقضايا المرفوع بشأنها الدعوى. صحيح. مثال بشأن تقاضي أتعاب محاماة نسبة مئوية من المطالبة بالقضايا المرفوع بشأنها الدعوى.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩/٢٠٠٩ مدني جلسة ٢١/٤/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣ ج ٢ ص ٢٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 220. PDF pages: 220.

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