Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3797

Commission agency for carriage. Its nature: a contract whereby the agent undertakes to contract, in his own name or in his principal’s name, with a carrier for the carriage of a thing or person to a specified destination in return for a commission. - Characterization of the claims in the action. Within the authority of the court of merits. Its condition. Its being subject in this regard to review by the Court of Cassation. - Actions arising from claims for carriage charges arising from a contract for the carriage of things and persons or from a commission agency contract. Their prescription upon the lapse of one year. A judgment’s contravention of this. An error in the application of the law requiring its cassation.