Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3923

Issuance of a receivership judgment. Its effect. The receiver becomes the person entitled to administer the property subject to receivership. His obligation to preserve the property he receives, taking account of its nature and surrounding circumstances and exercising the care of an ordinary person. His role is not confined to safekeeping the property. He must avert damage that may befall it by taking the administrative or judicial measures it requires within its limits and engaging the employees necessary to assist him in performing his task. His right to receive remuneration for the receivership unless he accepted it gratuitously. - The judge of urgent matters. His jurisdiction to assess the receiver’s remuneration, guided by the value of the property placed under receivership, the importance of the work assigned to him and the receiver’s competence. A judgment imposing receivership on appeal. The necessary consequence. The presiding judge of the appellate chamber has jurisdiction to assess the receiver’s fees by an order on petition. The litigants may lodge a grievance against this order. - The judicial receiver. His right to recover the sums spent in performing his task, whether the receivership is remunerated or unremunerated.