Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2351

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

English translation of the principle

Limitation of actions arising from a maritime employment contract by a period of 1 year. What interrupts this limitation period. A demand by letter accompanied by acknowledgment of receipt and by settlement negotiations or appointment of an expert to present the damages. - Interruption of the limitation period. Its import is the commencement of a new period identical to it. - A judgment ruling that the action has expired by limitation despite the existence of a measure interrupting that limitation period, and disregarding it, is defective. Example. - 453 - Obligation
Arabic original
تقادم الدعاوي الناشئة عن عقد العمل البحري بمدة سنة واحدة. ما يقطع هذا التقادم. المطالبة بكتاب مصحوب بعلم الوطول وبمفاوضات التسوية أو ندب خبير لتقديم الأضرار. - انقطاع مدة التقادم. مفاده بدء كدة جديدة مماثلة لها. - قضاء الحكم باتقضاء الدعوى بالتقادم رغم وجود إجراء قاطع لذلك التقادم والتفاته عنه يعيبه. مثال. - ٤٥٣ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢٤/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٩/٦/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 453. PDF pages: 453.

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