Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3396

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

English translation of the principle

Workers' exemption from judicial fees for actions they bring to claim their rights prescribed in the Labour Law. Permissibility of ordering them to pay all or part of the costs, including lawyers' fees, when the action is dismissed. An example concerning appeal costs inclusive of lawyers' fees. - The judgment concluding by dismissing the action brought by the worker to claim his labour rights. Its effect. Permissibility of ordering him to pay all or part of the costs, including an amount for lawyers' fees. Seventeenth: The effect of the judgment on appeal
Arabic original
إعفاء العمال من الرسوم القضائية للدعاوى التي يرفعونها بالمطالبة بحقوقهم المقررة في قانون العمل. جواز إلزامهم بالمصروفات كلها أو بعضها بما فيها أتعاب المحاماة عند رفض الدعوى. مثال بشأن المصروفات الاستئنافية شاملة أتعاب المحاماة. - انتهاء الحكم إلى رفض الدعوى المقامة من العامل للمطالبة بحقوقه العمالية. أثره. جواز إلزامه بالمصروفات كلها أو بعضها بما فيها مقابل أتعاب المحاماة. سابع عشر أثر الحكم في الاستئناف
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٨/١٩٩٦ عمالي جلسة ١٢/٥/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثاني ص١١٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 575. PDF pages: 572.

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