Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2929

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

English translation of the principle

The lawyer's obligation towards the client—if the agency is remunerated—its nature. An obligation to perform work in which the lawyer is required to exercise the care exercised by an ordinary person, which, in the legal profession, consists in making the utmost effort to defend the client's rights to the extent required by the needs of the action, confronting opponents with legal evidence, and observing procedural time limits, particularly those whose omission results in the stay or lapse of the action or its being deemed never to have existed.
Arabic original
التزام المحامي قبل موكله - إذا كانت الوكالة بأجر - ماهيته. التزام بعمل يلزم فيه ببذل ما يبذله الشخص العادي والذي يتمثل في مهنة المحاماة ببذل أقصى جهد في الدفاع عن حقوق موكله بالقدر الذي تستلزمه حاجة الدعوى ومجابهة الخصوم بالأدلة القانونية والالتزام بمواعيد المرافعات خاصة ما يترتب على إغفالها من وقف الدعوى أو سقوطها أو اعتبارها كأن لم تكن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٥٧/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ٢٠/١/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٨٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 543. PDF pages: 543.

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