Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 117

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

English translation of the principle

The lawyer's obligation towards the client—where the agency is remunerated—its nature. An obligation to perform work in which the lawyer must exercise the care exercised by an ordinary person, which, in the legal profession, consists of making the utmost effort to defend the client's rights to the extent required by the needs of the action, confronting opponents with legal evidence, and observing procedural time limits, particularly those whose omission results in a stay of the action, its lapse, or its being deemed never to have existed. - 25 - Civil Procedure - Agency in litigation:-
Arabic original
التزام المحامي قبل موكله - إذا كانت الوكالة بأجر- ماهيته. التزام بعمل يُلزم فيه ببذل ما يبذله الشخص العادي والذي يتمثل في مهنة المحاماة ببذل أقصى جهد في الدفاع عن حقوق موكله بالقدر الذي تستلزمه حاجة الدعوى ومجابهة الخصوم بالأدلة القانونية والالتزام بمواعيد المرافعات خاصة ما يترتب على إغفالها من وقف الدعوى أو سقوطها أو اعتبارها كأن لم تكن. - ٢٥ - المرافعات - الوكالة بالخصومة:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١١٥٦، ١١٦٢/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص٣٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 25. PDF pages: 22.

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