Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 383

Examination of the rationale for legislation and its underlying reasons. There is no occasion for it unless the text is ambiguous. Decree-Law 35/1978 concerning the lease of immovable property. It contains provisions derogating from the general provisions of the Code of Procedure, including permitting litigants to appear in person or through persons whom they authorize by an official or authenticated instrument. No requirement that the agent be a lawyer. The rationale for this: regard for the nature of those actions and reduction of costs for owners. Its effect. Filing statements of claim in lease actions without requiring a lawyer's signature on them. - The Legal Profession Law's requirement of a lawyer's signature on statements of claim. Its inapplicability to lease actions. The rationale for this: the Lease Law is a special law to which there is no occasion to apply the Legal Profession Law. Example. - 77 - Commercial (4) Brokerage