Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4186

A lawyer's relationship with his client. The agency provisions prescribed in the Civil Code apply thereto. - Failure of Law 42 of 1964 regulating the legal profession to regulate the methods of termination of a lawyer's agency contract. Its implication. It terminates for the same reasons as the agency contract provided for in the Civil Code. - Agency is a non-binding contract. Its implication. The principal may dismiss his agent at any time and may restrict his agency even - 734 - Civil Procedure before completion of the entrusted work or expiry of its specified term. This concerns public policy, and no contrary agreement is permissible. Exception. Where the agency is granted in the interest of the agent or a third party, the agent may not in that case be dismissed or his agency restricted without the consent of the person in whose interest the agency was granted. - Dismissal of the agent. Its effect. Termination of the agency. The principal is not liable therefor unless his dismissal of the agent was without acceptable justification or at an inappropriate time, and he must compensate him for the damage he suffered as a result of his dismissal. Example of termination of a lawyer's agency for an acceptable excuse.