Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 5006

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

English translation of the principle

The five-year prescription applicable to recurring periodic rights. Its criterion. The obligation must recur and fall due at periodic intervals, and the right must by its nature be continuous and uninterrupted. Commencement of this prescription. From the time the relevant right falls due. - The worker’s wage. A recurring periodic right. The employer’s right to invoke its prescription. Its criterion.
Arabic original
التقادم الخمسي الخاص بالحقوق الدورية المتجددة. مناطه. كون الالتزام مما يتكرر ويستحق الأداء في مواعيد دورية وأن يكون الحق بطبيعته مستمراً لا ينقطع. بدء سريان هذا التقادم. من وقت استحقاق الحق الخاص به. - أجر العامل. حق دوري متجدد. حق صاحب العمل في التمسك بتقادمه. مناطه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٣/٩٠ عمالي جلسة ١٥/٣/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٦٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 969. PDF pages: 969.

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