Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2455

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

English translation of the principle

The restriction imposed by the legislature on hearing an action upon the expiry of one year from the date of termination of the employment relationship. It is an extinctive prescriptive period subject to suspension and interruption. Suspension of its running owing to an impediment. Assessment of the existence of this impediment is within the authority of the court of merits.
Arabic original
القيد الذي وضعه المشرع لسماع الدعوى بانقضاء سنة من تاريخ انتهاء علاقة العمل. هي مدة تقادم مسقط يرد عليها الوقف والانقطاع. وقوف سريانه لوجود مانع. تقدير قيام هذا المانع من سلطة محكمة الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٨/٢٠٠١ عمالي جلسة ٢٣/٩/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٦٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 473. PDF pages: 473.

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