Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1709

The general basis for determining compensation for goods under the Warsaw Convention, to which Kuwait has acceded. The weight of the consignment. - Assessment of compensation on the basis of the value specified by the consignor. Its condition. Alerting the carrier to the type of goods and their true value and paying the prescribed additional charges. This notification may be proved by the consignment note or any other means, provided it indicates in itself that the carrier was alerted to the importance of the consignment’s contents.