Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3566

The jurisdiction of the civil circuit of the Court of Appeal in the absence of a written agreement on lawyers’ fees or where the agreement is void. A judicial act resolving the dispute between the lawyer and the client over those fees. Its adjudication therein is final and not subject to appeal. Its distinction from a non-contentious order issued by a judge outside constituted adversarial proceedings, which does not resolve the dispute between its parties and has no binding effect. Article 32 of the amended Legal Profession Law. 2- Non-contentious acts:-