Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2570

A natural obligation. Its suitability as the cause of a civil obligation. Its meaning. The debtor’s undertaking of a natural obligation that he knows he is not compelled to perform. The obligation is valid, and the debtor becomes bound by a civil obligation whose performance may be compelled. Article 283 of the Civil Code. - The appellant’s bringing of the action on the basis that a natural obligation arose against the respondent company after a ruling that the right to claim against it under the provisions of the Private Sector Labour Law had lapsed through passage of time. Her reliance on the provisions of the Civil Code. Its implication: subject-matter jurisdiction lies with the civil circuit, not the labour circuit. Contravention thereof. An error in the application of the law requiring cassation of the judgment. - See also: Suspension and interruption of prescription. - Invoking prescription: