Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4973

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The Labour Circuit of the Court of First Instance. Its jurisdiction. Its restriction to determining labour disputes arising from the application of the provisions of laws issued concerning labour and regulating the relationship between workers and employers in the private sector and the oil business sector, as well as compensation claims arising from those disputes. An example of what does not fall within its jurisdiction.
Arabic original
الدائرة العمالية بالمحكمة الكلية. اختصاصها. قصره على الفصل في المنازعات العمالية الناشئة عن تطبيق أحكام القوانين الصادرة في شأن العمل وتنظيم العلاقة بين العمال وأصحاب الأعمال في القطاع الأهلي وقطاع الأعمال النفطية وكذا طلبات التعويض المترتبة على هذه المنازعات. مثال لما لا يعد من اختصاصها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٣٣٦، ٣٤٣/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ١/٦/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ١٧٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 962. PDF pages: 962.

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