Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4233

Prohibition on a lawyer receiving an in-kind share of the disputed rights in respect of which he conducts the defence. Article 32/1, 3 of Law 42 of 1964, as amended by Law 62 of 1996, regulating the legal profession before the courts. Its limitation to fees consisting of an in-kind share. Its consequence. Fees may be fixed as a specified monetary remuneration or a percentage of the value of the rights forming the subject of the work performed by the lawyer, or as mutually agreed by the parties, except for what the legislature has prohibited. Contravention of that. An error requiring cassation of the judgment.