Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2077

Commission agency for carriage. Its nature: a contract under which the agent undertakes to contract, in his own name or in his principal’s name, with a carrier to transport a thing or a person to a specified destination in return for a commission. - 361 - Commercial - Legal characterization of the claims in an action lies within the authority of the court of merits. Its condition. It is subject in that regard to the supervision of the Court of Cassation. - Actions arising from claims for carriage charges arising from a contract for the carriage of things and persons or from a commission agency contract. Time-barred upon the lapse of 1 year. A judgment’s contravention thereof. An error in applying the law requiring its cassation.