Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 272

An agreement concluded by a lawyer to determine his fees for the judicial or nonjudicial work entrusted to him as a percentage of the value claimed in the action, of what is awarded therein, or of the nonjudicial work agreed to be accomplished. It is void. The reason: such an agreement would give him an interest in the action or the work entrusted to him. - Assessment of a lawyer's fees for nonjudicial work where there is no written agreement concerning them, or where one exists but is void. Its method. Bringing an ordinary action in accordance with the rules of the Civil Procedure Law. This relates to public policy. Contravening this and ruling that the action is inadmissible for not having been brought by the procedure prescribed by law. Deficiency. Requiring its cassation. - A lawyer's adoption of the ordinary action procedure to claim his fees for the judicial work entrusted to him, departing from the procedure prescribed by law for that purpose, namely submitting an application by petition to the court that heard the action. Its effect: its inadmissibility. - Termination of agency:-