Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2221

Prescription as a ground for extinguishing personal rights that have remained unsatisfied for a period. Its adoption by the legislature. Its reasons. Respect for settled situations or reliance on the presumption of payment. - Extinctive prescription. The general rule is the long period of fifteen years. The exception. A special provision for a longer or shorter period applies only to the cases encompassed by those provisions. - Claiming unemployment assistance after seventeen years from the termination of the employment relationship. Its effect. The action is time-barred. - 430 - Obligation - Ten-year prescription: