Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2329

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

English translation of the principle

The right to bring an action concerning liability arising from a contract of carriage by air. Its lapse upon the passage of two years from the day on which the aircraft reaches its destination, from the day on which it ought to have arrived, or from the day on which carriage ceased. Bringing the action before it lapses and the judgment's contravention of this. An error in the application of the law requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
الحق في إقامة الدعوى عن المسئولية الناشئة عن عقد النقل الجوي. سقوطه بمرور سنتين من يوم بلوغ الطائرة جهة الوصول أو من اليوم الذي كان يجب أن تصل فيه أو من يوم وقف النقل. إقامة الدعوى قبل سقوطها ومخالفة الحكم لذلك. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٦١/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ١٧/١١/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٦٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 450. PDF pages: 450.

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