Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4549

The prescribed period barring the hearing of an action is interrupted by a judicial claim, even if the action is brought before a court lacking jurisdiction, provided that the claim is valid in form and substance. - The worker’s direct institution of a labour action without following the course prescribed by law to obtain his right. It produces no effect in interrupting prescription. A judgment’s contravention of this. A defect requiring its cassation. An example.