Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4182

The witness being a lawyer who testified to what came to his knowledge through his profession and his participation in defending the respondent in this dispute. This does not constitute a ground for disregarding his testimony because of his relationship with the person in whose favour he testified. - Prohibiting a lawyer from disclosing information learned through his profession. Its purpose. Safeguarding the relationship connecting him with his client and protecting the parties to that relationship, to the exclusion of others.