Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2435

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

English translation of the principle

The impediment suspending the running of prescription. What is meant thereby. Assessment of the existence or absence of the impediment is within the trial court’s authority. The condition thereof. An example of what does not constitute an impediment suspending prescription: involuntary absence abroad.
Arabic original
المانع الذي يوقف سريان التقادم. المقصود به. تقدير وجود المانع أو عدم وجوده من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. مثال لما لا يعد مانعاً لوقف التقادم: الغيبة الاضطرارية خارج البلاد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧/٩٧ عمالي جلسة ٢٠/١/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٨٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 470. PDF pages: 470.

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