Background

A claimant filed a case against defendants requesting that the court order them to pay 5001 Dinars in compensation for violating an agreed contract.

The court rejected the case due to the statute of limitations.

The claimant appealed and the appeal court upheld the ruling.

The claimant appealed by cassation.

Decision

The court of cassation referred the case to a committee of experts.

The court stated that it was persuaded by the conclusions of the experts' report that the defendants caused damage to the claimant and thus the claimant deserved the payment of compensation in accordance with Articles 281 and 286 of the Kuwait Commerce Law, Kuwait Law No. 68/1980.

The court therefore ruled that the defendants pay the claimant 5001 Dinars.