Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 68

The barring of an action for liability for an unlawful act. Its period is 3 years from the day the injured party learns of the damage and the person responsible for it, or 15 years from the occurrence of the unlawful act. Article 253, Civil Code. An exceptional provision. Its scope of application is the obligation to compensate for an unlawful act. Its inapplicability to obligations arising directly from law or from other sources, or to actions covered by a special provision. Example concerning cancellation of a trade name. Application of the law: Its temporal application: