Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2159

The seller’s warranty against latent defects and his warranty of the description of the thing sold. The legislature distinguished between them. It devoted a special provision to the latter, making the contract the basis of the seller’s obligation to warrant the description, rather than treating it as a latent defect. The consequence thereof: the short limitation period prescribed for barring an action under the warranty against latent defects does not apply to an action under the warranty of description. Limitation of an action claiming a lawyer’s fees: