KCC 18/1996

This case involved a request by an employee for his dues to be paid. The key issue in this case was the time limit of the statute of limitations. Where this period was interrupted for a reason it would restart when that reason no longer existed.

Background

An employee made a complaint against a company and requested the Labour Department to order the company to pay his dues. The department referred the case to the court.

The court decided not to consider the case.

The employee appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court abandoned the appealed ruling and ruled t the company should pay the employee 5062.460 Dinars.

Decision

The company appealed the ruling before the court of cassation and stated in its grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law and said that if the period of limitation was interrupted for any reason, a new period started from the date the effect of interruption finished.

The court said that this argument was valid.

The court repealed the ruling.