Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4455

The employer’s termination of a fixed-term employment contract without justification. Its effect. His obligation to compensate the worker for all damage sustained as a result of this dismissal. Articles 53, 55, Law 38 of 1964. - A contract concluded for a specified period. A fixed-term contract. Neither party may terminate it before the entire specified period expires. Its nature is not altered by a provision that it is automatically renewable for a similar period unless one party notifies the other in writing of his wish to terminate it by a specified time. The reason therefor. This phrase confirms the aforementioned meaning. Its effects are subject to Article 53/3 of the Labour Law whenever the employer terminates it before the end of its term without justification. Article 55 thereof. Contravention thereof. An error in applying the law that prevented the challenged judgment from examining the extent of the appellant’s entitlement to compensation. - 862 - Labour