Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2082

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

An action claiming yield from usurpation is not time-barred until fifteen years have elapsed. A claim for compensation for such usurpation, whether material or moral, is not time-barred except by the same period. The reason therefor. The challenged judgment's departure from this view and its application of the three-year limitation period to the compensation action. An error in the application of the law requiring its cassation. Limitation of actions arising from a maritime carriage contract or commission agency and towage and pilotage operations:
Arabic original
دعوى المطالبة بالريع عن الغصب لا تسقط إلا بمضي خمس عشرة سنة. طلب التعويض عن هذا الغصب سواء كان مادياً أو معنوياً لا يسقط إلا بذات المدة. علة ذلك. مخالفة الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر وتطبيقه التقادم الثلاثي على دعوى التعويض. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييزه. تقادمالدعوىالناشئةعنعقدالنقلالبحريأوالوكالةبالعمولةوعمليات القطر والإرشاد:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٠٠/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ١٣/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٥٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 400. PDF pages: 400.

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