Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1219

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The meaning of carrier in the application of the Warsaw Convention and the Guadalajara Convention supplementary thereto. What falls outside the contract of carriage. Purely physical operations unrelated to the contract of carriage by air, performed by Kuwait Airways Corporation within the scope of ground agency services, consisting of unloading, transport, and storage in fulfilment of airport requirements.
Arabic original
المقصود بالناقل في تطبيق معاهدة وارسو ومعاهدة جواد الأخارا المكملة لها. ما لا يدخل في عقد النقل. الأعمال المادية البحتة التي لا تمت بصلة إلى عقد النقل الجوي والتي تقوم بها مؤسسة الخطوط الجوية الكويتية في نطاق الوكالة الأرضية من تفريغ ونقل وتخزين انجازاً لمتطلبات المطار.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٦/٧٨ تجاري جلسة ٢/١/١٩٨٠ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الثاني ص ٧٦٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 216. PDF pages: 216.

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