Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 30

Kuwait’s accession to the Brussels Convention by Law 21/1969. Its effect. Its recognition as one of the State’s laws. The judge’s obligation to apply the rules contained therein to relationships falling within its scope of application, to the exclusion of other previous legal provisions. - The provisions of the Brussels Convention. Their application to the legal relationship arising from maritime carriage between the carrier and the shipper. The condition for this. That the bill of lading be drawn up in a State that has signed or acceded to it, that the carrier or shipper belong to one of those States, and that the carriage be between ports belonging to two different States. - Liability for loss of or damage to goods under the provisions of the Brussels Convention. Falls upon the carrier bound to the shipper by a contract of carriage, whether he is the shipowner or its charterer. The challenged judgment’s adherence to this view. Criticizing its other legal propositions. Ineffectual.