Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 5023

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

English translation of the principle

A periodically recurring right. An action concerning it shall not be heard after five years from its due date. The condition thereof. Articles 439/1 and 445/1 of the Civil Code. - A worker's wage. A periodically recurring right. The employer may plead that an action concerning it should not be heard even if the employment contract remains in force and has not ended, or has ended but one year has not elapsed since its termination. Contravention thereof. An error in the application of the law requiring cassation of the judgment.
Arabic original
الحق الدوري المتجدد. عدم سماع الدعوى به بمضي خمس سنوات من وقت استحقاقه. شرطه. م ٤٣٩ /١، ٤٤٥/١ مدني. - أجر العامل. من الحقوق الدورية المتجددة. لصاحب العمل التمسك بعدم سماع الدعوى به ولو كان عقد العمل قائماً لم ينته أو كان قد انتهى ولكن لم تمض سنة على انتهائه. مخالفة ذلك. خطأ في تطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييز الحكم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ١٧٢، ١٧٤، ١٧٧/٢٠٠١ عمالي جلسة ٨/١٢/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ١٨١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 972. PDF pages: 972.

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