Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 196

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Actual lawyers' fees. They are those paid by the successful party in the action to his lawyer whom he instructed to claim his right or defend it. The legislature has not determined these fees according to specified criteria. Their assessment. Within the authority of the court of merits in light of the subject matter of the action and the level of litigation at which it is being heard. - The court competent to assess actual lawyers' fees. Its meaning and the procedures prescribed by law for their assessment. Example. - 38 - Civil Procedure 12- Procedures for requesting interpretation of a judgment:-
Arabic original
الأتعاب الفعلية للمحاماة. هي تلك التي يدفعها المحكوم له في الدعوى لمحاميه الذي كلفه بالمطالبة بحقه أو الزود عنه. هذه الأتعاب لم يحددها المشرع بأسس محددة. تقديرها. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع في ضوء موضوع الدعوى ودرجة التقاضي المنظورة فيها. - المحكمة التي تختص بتقدير أتعاب المحاماة الفعلية. المقصود بها والإجراءات المقررة قانوناً لتقديرها. مثال. - ٣٨ - المرافعات ١٢- إجراءات طلب تفسير الحكم:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٨٣١، ٩٠٢/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/١/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 38. PDF pages: 35.

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