Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 377

The existence of a special law. Its necessary consequence. No recourse to the provisions of the general law except in respect of matters not regulated by the special law. - Assessment of the lawyer’s fees for non-judicial work where a written agreement exists between them or existed but was void. Its manner. Instituting an ordinary action pursuant to the rules of the Law of Procedure. This relates to public order. The judgment’s contravention of this and its ruling that the action is inadmissible because it was not instituted by the procedure prescribed by law. Requires its cassation. - 82 - The Law - The lawyer’s pursuit of an ordinary action to claim his fees for judicial work entrusted to him, departing from the procedure prescribed by law for that purpose, namely submitting an application by petition to the court that heard the action. Its effect. Its inadmissibility.