Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2036

A natural obligation. Its suitability as the cause of a civil obligation. What is meant thereby. The debtor’s undertaking of a natural obligation which he knows he is not compelled to perform. The obligation is valid and the debtor becomes bound by a civil obligation which he is compelled to perform. Article 283, Civil Code. - The appellant’s bringing the action on the basis that a natural obligation arose on the part of the respondent company after a judgment that the right to claim against it under the provisions of the Labour Law in the Private Sector was time-barred. Her reliance on the provisions of the Civil Code. Its implication. Subject-matter jurisdiction lies with the civil circuit, not the labour circuit. Departure from that. An error in applying the law necessitating cassation of the judgment. Limitation of ownership and real-property actions: