KCC 622/2002
Type
Case
Court
Kuwait Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Kuwait
Taxonomy
Remedies, Civil Evidence
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
25 Apr 2006
Catchwords
Legal Interest – Appointment of an Expert – Final Settlement
A case involved a dispute between a company and the heirs of a deceased man over an amount of money.
Background
A company filed a case against the heirs of a deceased man requesting that the court order them to pay an amount of money plus legal interest. The company stated that the deceased owed it this amount.
The heirs filed a case against the company requesting that the court appoint an expert to make a final settlement between the parties.
The court appointed an expert and ruled that the heirs pay the company 40928.807 Dinars.
The company and heirs appealed and the appeal court upheld the ruling.
The heirs appealed by cassation.
Decision
The court of cassation appointed a committee of experts to review the case documents.
The court stated that it was persuaded by the conclusions of the experts and upheld the elementary ruling.