Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3657

The legislature restricting the right to represent litigants before the courts to lawyers alone and making this a general rule in agency in litigation. The exception: interested parties may appoint their spouses, relatives by marriage, or relatives up to a certain degree to represent them in judicial pleading procedures. This exception does not extend to all procedures. Its application is prohibited in - 717 - Agency respect of signing statements of appeal. The legislature reserved this exclusively to lawyers. The reason for and effect thereof. An example.