KCC 543/2017
This case involved the payment of a lawyer for consulting services under an annual contract. The company had had the right not to review the contract and had done so.
Background
A lawyer filed a case against a company before the court. He requested the court to order the company to pay him 15000 Dinars. He said that he had provided the company with legal consulting services according to an annual contract but the company had failed to pay the contract value.
The court ruled that the company should pay the lawyer the amount.
The company appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
The company appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. The company said in its grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law. The company said that it had a right not to renew the contract according to Article 74 of Kuwait Decree-Law No. 67/1980 .
Decision
The court said that this argument was valid. The court said that the case documents revealed that the company had used its right not to renew the contract signed between the two parties.