Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 5009

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

English translation of the principle

End-of-service gratuity and compensation for leave. They become time-barred upon the lapse of one year from the termination of the contract. Interruption, by acknowledgment, of the prescribed period barring the hearing of the action. Its effect. Computation of a new period equivalent to the first period, which is fifteen years in the two cases under Articles 440, 442 of the Civil Code.
Arabic original
مكافأة نهاية الخدمة ومقابل الإجازات. تقادمها بمضي سنة من إنتهاء العقد. انقطاع المدة المقررة لعدم سماع الدعوى بالإقرار. أثره. احتساب مدة جديدة مماثلة للمدة الأولى تكون خمسة عشر عاماً في حالتي المادتين ٤٤٠، ٤٤٢ مدني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨/٩٦ عمالي جلسة ٢٨/١٠/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٦٤)

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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