Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 491

Recourse shall not be had to the provisions of the general law where a special law exists, except in respect of provisions omitted by the special law. - 106 - The Law. The reason therefor: the impermissibility of disregarding the special law in order to apply the general law. The condition therefor. Each applies within its own scope. - A lawyer is an agent whose relationship with his client is governed by the provisions of the general law concerning the relationship between principal and agent. The import thereof.