Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 318

The Public Ports Law and its Fees and Charges Regulations contain no provision requiring the owner of goods deposited in customs warehouses or their open yards to pay ground storage charges after expiry of the specified period for their removal in all circumstances. Recourse must be had to the general rules of civil liability. The effect thereof: the owner's liability for those charges so long as the continued storage resulted from the owner's fault and not from the fault of the Customs Administration or third parties. Assessment of the existence or absence of fault. A matter of fact. Its condition.