Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4470

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

English translation of the principle

Prescription of an employee's right to claim the financial entitlements due to him from the Government upon the lapse of one year from the date of his knowledge of these entitlements or five years from the date they became due, whichever period expires earlier. What is meant by knowledge in this regard: the employee's knowledge of his financial entitlement, its extent and its essential elements. Absence thereof. The one-year limitation period does not commence. An example.
Arabic original
تقادم حق الموظف في المطالبة بالحقوق المالية المقررة له قبل الحكومة بانقضاء سنة من تاريخ علمه بهذه الحقوق أو خمس سنوات من تاريخ الاستحقاق أي المدتين أقرب. المقصود بهذا بالعلم: علم الموظف بحقه المالي ومداه وعناصره الأساسية. عدم توافره. لا تبدأ معه مدة التقادم الحولي. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٥٠/٢٠٠٧ إداري جلسة ١٧/١١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٧ ج٣ ص١٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 823. PDF pages: 820.

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