Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2385

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

English translation of the principle

An employment contract. Its inclusion of a provision permitting either party to terminate it unilaterally before its expiry. Its effect. It is regarded as a contract of indefinite duration. - An employment contract concluded for a renewable term of one year. Its permitting either party to terminate it unilaterally before the expiry of its term without this being contingent on an independent event. A contract of indefinite duration. The challenged judgment’s conclusion that it is a fixed-term contract and its ordering the employer to pay compensation for the remaining contractual term. Contrary to what is established in the record and an error in applying the law requiring its partial cassation.
Arabic original
عقد العمل. تضمينه ما يجيز لأي من طرفيه إنهاءه بإرادته المنفردة قبل نهايته. أثره. اعتباره عقداً غير محدد المدة. - عقد العمل المبرم لمدة سنة قابلة للتجديد. إجازته لأي من طرفيه إنهاءه بإرادته المنفردة قبل انتهاء مدته دون أن يتوقف ذلك على واقعة مستقلة. عقد غير محدد المدة. انتهاء الحكم المطعون فيه إلى أنه عقد محدد المدة والزام رب العمل بالتعويض عن باقي مدة العقد. مخالفة للثابت في الأوراق وخطأ في تطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييزه جزئياً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧١، ٧٤/٢٠٠٣ عمالي جلسة ١٦/٢/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 442. PDF pages: 442.

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