Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4142

The legislature’s regulation of representation in litigation. Its general rule is to restrict the right to represent parties before the courts to lawyers alone. The exception: the right to appoint spouses, relatives by marriage or relatives to a specified degree to act in judicial pleading procedures. - The requirement that a lawyer appearing for an absent party hold, at the first hearing, an official power of attorney bearing an authenticated signature. The lawyer’s appearance with the party. No power of attorney is required. Sufficiency of recording - 726 - Civil Procedure his attendance in the hearing minutes.