Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3370

Decree-Law 35/1978 concerning the Leasing of Real Estate. Contains provisions exceptional to the general provisions of the Law of Procedure, including the permissibility of litigants appearing in person or through persons whom they authorise by an official or authenticated instrument. No requirement that the agent be a lawyer. The reason for this: consideration of the nature of those cases and reduction of costs for owners. Its effect. Filing statements of claim in lease cases without requiring a lawyer's signature on them. - The Legal Profession Law's requirement that a lawyer sign statements of claim. Does not apply to lease cases. The reason for this: the Leasing Law is a special law to which there is no scope for applying the Legal Profession Law. Article 25/1 of Decree 35/1978, amended by Law 33/2003. An example. Jurisdiction over lease disputes: