Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4346

The plea of prescription. The court of the merits must examine its conditions. - The period prescribed for barring the hearing of an action by prescription under Article 449 of the Civil Code. Interrupted by the debtor's express or implied acknowledgment of the creditor's right. - Implied acknowledgment. Its nature. Its assessment falls within the authority of the court of the merits, without review by the Court of Cassation. The condition for this. - The debtor's request to the creditor for time to pay the debt, or his contesting the amount of the obligation rather than its existence. An acknowledgment of the creditor's right.