Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3199

An unjust enrichment action. When it is barred. - An action for liability for an unlawful act. When it is barred. Such an action arising from a crime. Its effect. It is not barred, and its limitation period is suspended until a final criminal judgment is issued or the criminal trial terminates for another ground of termination. The reason therefor. - A plea of limitation. Its effect. The trial court must examine its legal conditions and its suspension and interruption. - The period prescribed for an action not to be heard. It is interrupted by a judicial claim even if the action is brought before a court lacking jurisdiction. - Dismissal or inadmissibility of an action that would interrupt limitation. Its effect. Its effect in interrupting limitation ceases and is deemed never to have existed, and the period that had begun before it was brought continues. - Criminal proceedings in felonies. They are barred upon the lapse of ten years from the date the crime occurred. How this period is interrupted. - The judgment’s calculation of the commencement of limitation from the date of issuance of the exceptional judgment ruling that the ground for staying the civil action - 594 - Obligation had ceased, although that judgment declares the cessation of the ground for the stay and has no effect on the commencement of the limitation period. An error in the application of the law.