Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1221

The Kuwaiti’s accession to the Warsaw Convention pursuant to Law 20/1975, rendering its provisions a law among the laws of the State. Application of these provisions to legal relationships resulting from carriage by air. Conditions thereof. - The plea of inadmissibility of the liability action against the sea carrier in the event of damage to the goods or delay in their arrival. Its condition. Actual receipt of the goods or their placement at the consignee’s disposal and his delay in lodging a protest within 21 days. What is decisive. Arrival of the goods themselves, not merely their packaging. Example. - Invalidity of a clause exempting the air carrier from liability. Article 23 of the Warsaw Convention.