Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2009

Merchants' obligations towards one another arising from their commercial activities. They are time-barred upon the lapse of 10 years from the date on which performance of the obligation falls due. - The period prescribed for barring the hearing of an action. It begins on the day the debt becomes due for payment, unless the law provides otherwise. - Establishing the event from which limitation commences. A matter for the court of fact. Its condition. - Existence of an impediment making it impossible for the creditor to claim his right. Its effect: the period prescribed for barring the hearing of the action does not run, even if the impediment is moral. - The impediment suspending the running of limitation. Its nature. Assessment of its existence or nonexistence. A matter for the court of fact. - The period of the brutal Iraqi invasion of the State of Kuwait. An impediment suspending limitation.