Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1084

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment's basing its decision that the appellant's right to claim compensation had lapsed on his failure to bring the action within the statutory period prescribed in Article 33 of Law 3 of 1961, which is a forfeiture period and differs from the limitation period for an action for liability for an unlawful act, and its not treating the procedures for initiating the criminal action as circumstances of force majeure preventing the compensation action from being brought. No defect.
Arabic original
إقامة الحكم قضاءه بسقوط حق الطاعن في المطالبة بالتعويض لعدم رفعه الدعوى خلال المدة القانونية الواردة بنص المادة ٣٣ من ق ٣ لسنة ١٩٦١ وهو ميعاد سقوط واختلافه عن ميعاد تقادم دعوى المسئولية عن العمل غير المشروع وعدم اعتباره أن إجراءات تحريك الدعوى الجزائية ظروفاً قهرية تحول دون رفع دعوى التعويض. لا عيب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣/١٩٩٨ مدني جلسة ١١/٥/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 171. PDF pages: 168.

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