Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2489

The liability of the carrier and the vessel for loss or damage. It is discharged if the action is not brought within one year after delivery or from the date on which it should have occurred. The nature of this period. A limitation period, not a forfeiture period. It is subject to the general rules concerning suspension and interruption of limitation. It is interrupted by a demand by letter with acknowledgment of receipt, by settlement negotiations, by appointment of an expert to assess damage and by acknowledgment. - Interruption of the limitation period relating to the carrier's liability for loss and damage under the Brussels Convention. A new equivalent period begins. When the new period is fifteen years. Two cases. They are exhaustively enumerated. - The one-year limitation of actions arising from a maritime carriage contract. It does not fall within the exceptional cases set out in Article 450 of the Civil Code.