Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 5012

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

English translation of the principle

The worker’s rights arising from the employment contract. They are time-barred upon the lapse of one year from the termination of the contract. - The impediment that suspends the running of the limitation period. Its meaning. - Determining the existence of the debtor’s acknowledgment of the debt as a ground for interrupting the limitation period. Within the authority of the court of merits.
Arabic original
حقوق العامل الناشئة عن عقد العمل. تقادمها بمضي سنة من وقت انتهاء العقد. - المانع الذي يوقف سريان التقادم. المقصود به. - استخلاص توافر إقرار المدين بالدين كسبب لقطع التقادم. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٤/٩٦ عمالي جلسة ١٢/٥/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٦٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 970. PDF pages: 970.

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