Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4234

Actual lawyers' fees awarded in a civil action pursuant to Article 119 of the Civil Procedure Code. Differ from the fees paid to the lawyer retained to defend in a criminal action. An award of the latter requires impairment of a financial interest, that this be a natural consequence of the unlawful act, and that it could not have been avoided through the reasonable effort required by the circumstances from an ordinary person. Article 230, Civil Code. Example.