Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2525

Liability of the carrier and the vessel for loss or damage. Its discharge if proceedings are not brought within one year after delivery or from the date on which delivery should have occurred. This period. A limitation period, not a forfeiture period, subject to the general rules concerning suspension and interruption of limitation. Its interruption by a demand by letter with acknowledgment of receipt, by settlement negotiations, or by appointing an expert to assess harm. - Interruption of the limitation period concerning the carrier’s liability for loss and damage under the Brussels Convention. Commencement of a good period of equal duration. When the serious period is fifteen years. Two exhaustively specified cases. - The one-year limitation period for actions arising from a maritime carriage contract does not fall within the exceptional cases set out in Article 450 of the Civil Code.