Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2963
State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Prohibition on a lawyer receiving a share in kind of the disputed rights in respect of which he undertakes the defence. Article 32/1, 3 of Law 42 of 1964, as amended by Law 62 of 1996, concerning regulation of the legal profession before the courts. Its restriction to fees consisting of a share in kind. Its implication. Fees may be fixed as a specified monetary remuneration or as a percentage of the value of the rights forming the subject of the work performed by the lawyer, or as whatever the parties mutually agree upon, except what the legislature has prohibited. Contravention thereof. An error requiring cassation of the judgment.
Arabic original
حظر تقاضي المحامي حصة عينية من الحقوق المتنازع عليها والتي يتولى الدفاع في شأنها. م ٣٢/١، ٣ ق ٤٢ لسنة ١٩٦٤ المعدل بق ٦٢ لسنة ١٩٩٦ في شأن تنظيم مهنة المحاماة أمام المحاكم. قصره على أن تكون الأتعاب حصة عينية. مؤداه. جواز تحديد الأتعاب بجعل نقدي معين أو بنسبة مئوية من قيمة الحقوق محل العمل الذي يؤديه المحامي أو ما تتلاقى عليه إرادة الطرفين باستثناء ما حظره المشرع. مخالفة ذلك. خطأ يوجب تمييز الحكم.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٣/٢٠٠٨ مدني جلسة ١/١٢/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٣ ص ٤٣٨)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 552. PDF pages: 552.
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