Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2567

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

English translation of the principle

Actions arising from a maritime employment contract become time-barred after one year. What interrupts this limitation. A demand by letter with acknowledgment of receipt, settlement negotiations or appointment of an expert to assess damage. - Interruption of the limitation period. Its necessary consequence. A new equivalent period begins. - 494 - Obligation - The judgment's ruling that the action was extinguished by limitation despite the existence of a procedure interrupting that limitation, and its disregard thereof. This vitiates it. Example.
Arabic original
تقادم الدعاوى الناشئة عن عقد العمل البحري بمدة سنة واحدة. ما يقطع هذا التقادم. المطالبة بكتاب مصحوب بعلم الوصول وبمفاوضات التسوية أو ندب خبير لتقدير الأضرار. - انقطاع مدة التقادم. لازمه. بدء مدة جديدة مماثلة لها. - ٤٩٤ - التزام - قضاء الحكم بانقضاء الدعوى بالتقادم رغم وجود إجراء قاطع لذلك التقادم والتفاته عنه. يعيبه. مثال.
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 494. PDF pages: 494–495.

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