Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1832

The criterion for characterizing contracts and giving them their correct legal description is the common purpose intended by the contracting parties at the time of concluding the agreement. The court of merits may identify, ascertain, and infer that purpose from the terms of the contract and the circumstances and surrounding conditions of its conclusion, provided its inference is sound. - Prohibition on a lawyer receiving fees for professional work if they consist of a share in kind of the disputed rights the lawyer undertakes to defend. Its criterion according to the general principle governing contracts. Example.