KCC 194/2005
Type
Case
Court
Kuwait Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Kuwait
Taxonomy
Rights & Duties of Employees & Employers, General Administrative Law & Judicial Review
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
21 Mar 2006
Catchwords
Employee’s Right – Administrative Decision – Financial Settlement – Occupational Settlement
This case involved an employee who made a request for an occupational and financial settlement according to a decision. He stated to the court of cassation it had not been his intention to repeal the decision merely validate the settlement. However, this decision included general rules that did not result in legal changes. The court stated the procedures made were preparatory ones which did not have effects on the application of the decision
Background
An employee filed a case against defendants and requested the court to order them to make an occupational and financial settlement according to Kuwait Decision No. 10/2003.
The court rejected the case.
The employee appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
Decision
The employee appealed the ruling before the court of cassation and stated in his grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law because his case did not intend to dismiss the administrative decision but to validate his right to a final settlement on his occupational position.