Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2154

The provisions established by the legislature for the contractor's and engineer's warranty for buildings or fixed structures they erect. Their relation to public policy. The effect thereof. It is impermissible to agree to contravene them by exemption from this warranty or limitation thereof. - The engineer's and contractor's warranty. It arises if its cause occurs within ten years from the date of completion of construction. This period is for testing the solidity of the structures and is not a limitation period. - Limitation of the warranty action. Three years beginning to run from the time the defect is discovered or the collapse occurs. - Determining the event from which limitation begins, affirmatively or negatively. A question of fact for the trial court. Its condition. Limitation of actions under a contract-agency agreement: