Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4994

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

English translation of the principle

Statements by the employer's representative before the Labour Office. An extrajudicial acknowledgment containing notification of the existence of a right of the worker. Its effect. Interruption of limitation in respect of those rights and the action protecting them. Commencement of a new limitation period replacing the limitation interrupted by the acknowledgment, lasting 15 years. Article 372/2 of the Commercial Code.
Arabic original
تقريرات ممثل رب العمل أمام مكتب العمل. إقرار غير قضائي تضمن إخباراً بوجود حق للعامل. أثره. قطع التقادم بالنسبة لتلك الحقوق وللدعوى التي تحميها. بدء مدة تقادم جديدة تحل محل التقادم المنقطع بالإقرار مدته خمس عشرة سنة. م ٣٧٢/٢ من قانون التجارة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٦/١٩٧٥ تجاري جلسة ١٨/٥/١٩٧٧ - مج ٧ س ص ٢٠٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 967. PDF pages: 967.

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