Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4236

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

English translation of the principle

Contractual fault in an obligation to exercise care. It is the failure to exercise the requisite care and deviation from the required conduct. - A lawyer’s liability arises where his failure to perform his duty results in the loss of rights or - 783 - Obligation the expiry of time limits for appeal. If it results in the client’s loss of an opportunity, even if merely possible. The lawyer is bound to pay the compensation assessed by the trial judge.
Arabic original
الخطأ العقدي في الالتزام ببذل عناية. هو عدم بذل العناية المطلوبة والانحراف عن السلوك الواجب. - مسئولية المحامي تتحقق في حالة تقصيره في أداء واجبه تقصيراً يترتب عليه ضياع الحقوق أو - ٧٨٣ - التزام سقوط مواعيد الطعن. فإذا نشأ عنها تفويت الفرصة على الموكل ولو كانت محتملة. التزم المحامي بالتعويض الذي يقدره قاضي الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١١٥٦، ١١٦٢/٢٠٠٦ مدني جلسة ٢٥/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ١ ص ٣٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 783. PDF pages: 783–784.

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