Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 82

The legislature's regulation of the provisions governing representation in litigation. The general rule therein is to restrict the right to represent litigants before the courts to lawyers alone. The exception. The right to appoint spouses, relatives by marriage, or relatives up 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. A power of attorney is not required. Recording his appearance with him in the hearing minutes suffices.