Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 7

The Civil Code is the general law governing civil liability. Its provisions apply to cases of liability for which no special provision exists. - The provisions and rules that the judge must apply when rendering judgments. Their nature. The impermissibility of relying on rules of equity as a source of legislation in the absence of a provision, rules of Islamic jurisprudence or custom as an official subsidiary source among those prescribed by law. Article 1, Civil Code. - The State's liability to compensate its civilian employees for occupational injuries. Its basis: fault for which it is answerable or satisfaction of the conditions for recourse against it for Sharia blood money in its capacity as guarantor against personal injury in respect of that injury. Compensation determined by the tripartite committee for occupational injuries. A grant from the State to the employee injured during and because of work. The reason: the absence in the Civil Service Law and Regulations of a provision obliging the administrative authority to compensate the employee for an occupational injury. Contravention thereof. An error in the application of the law requiring cassation of the judgment. Example.