Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1231

Assessment of compensation arising from an air carrier's liability in the carriage of checked baggage and goods is based on the weight of the consignment, unless the value of its contents exceeds the limit based on the deemed assessment. The basis for this. - Upon handing over the consignment, the consignor may declare to the carrier the importance of its contents by specifying the type of goods and their actual value and paying the prescribed additional charges. Compensation in this case is assessed on the basis of the value specified by the consignor, unless the carrier proves that this value exceeds the actual value. Example concerning compensation under the Warsaw Convention and the two additional protocols amending it, approved by Law 45 of 1994. - Factual argument. Impermissible before the Court of Cassation. - Commission agency for carriage:-