Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4227

Actual lawyers' fees awarded in a civil action pursuant to Article 119 of the Code of Procedure. Their difference from the fees paid to the lawyer retained to conduct the defense in a criminal action. An award of the latter requires impairment of a financial interest, that this be a natural consequence of the unlawful act, and that it could not have been avoided by the reasonable effort required of an ordinary person by the circumstances of the case. Article 230, Civil Code. Example. - 781 - Obligation Compensation in the field of attachment of the debtor's property held by third parties: