Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4153

An original lawyer's authorization of another lawyer without a requirement of writing. A general agency between lawyers intended to ensure continued progress of the litigation proceedings and prevent their interruption, without being intended as the special agency required to discontinue litigation. The basis for this. Article 24 of Law 42 of 1964, as amended. - A lawyer's declaration of discontinuance of litigation pursuant to a general agency, without a special agency authorizing him to discontinue, whether from the party or his original lawyer, and the judgment's conclusion recording discontinuance of the litigation. Renders it defective.