Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 382

The existence of a special law. Its necessary consequence. No recourse to the provisions of the general law except in matters not regulated by the special law. - Assessment of a lawyer’s fees for non-judicial work where a written agreement concerning them exists, or existed and was void. Its manner. Bringing an ordinary action in accordance with the rules of the Civil and Commercial Procedure Code. This concerns public policy. A judgment contravening this and ruling the action inadmissible for not having been brought by the procedure prescribed by law. Requires its cassation. - A lawyer’s pursuit of an ordinary action to claim his fees for the judicial work entrusted to him, departing from the procedure prescribed by law for that purpose, namely submitting an application by petition to the court that heard the case. Its effect. Its inadmissibility.