KCC 609/2000
Type
Case
Court
Kuwait Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Kuwait
Taxonomy
General Personal Injury, Offences against the Person, Compensation, Litigation Procedure & Practice, Jurisdiction & Choice of Law
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
24 Mar 2004
Catchwords
Offences against the Person – Personal Injury – Compensation – Litigation Procedure – Court Authority
This case involved a request for an expert to be appointed to confirm the amount due for additional work under a contract and a request for temporary compensation. The request for temporary compensation but an expert was appointed and the court was persuaded by their conclusions.
Background
Two claimants filed a case against two defendants and requested the court to appoint an expert to determine the additional works they had done and order the defendants to pay temporary compensation of 5001 Dinars.
The court terminated the dispute to request an expert and rejected the request for temporary compensation.
The claimants appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
Decision
The claimants appealed the ruling before the court of cassation.
The court of cassation repealed the ruling and then stated it was persuaded by the expert's conclusions.
The court ruled that the first defendant should pay the two claimants 5001 Dinars.