Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1515

The legislature's regulation of the rules governing representation in litigation. The general principle therein is to confine the right to represent litigants before courts to lawyers alone. Exception: the right to appoint spouses, relatives by marriage, or relatives to a specified degree as representatives in judicial pleading procedures. - The requirement that a lawyer appearing for an absent litigant hold, at the first hearing, an official power of attorney bearing an authenticated signature. The lawyer's appearance with the litigant. No power of attorney is required. Recording his appearance with him in the hearing minutes is sufficient. - 277 - Procedure