KCC 433, 527/2017

This case involved a request for an expert to draw up a financial settlement between the disputed parties properly. A key question was whether entitlements had been properly calculated and based on evidence.

Background

A claimant filed a case against a defendant before the court. He requested the court to appoint an expert in order to make a financial settlement between the disputed parties. He requested the court to order the defendant to pay the due amounts accordingly.

The court ruled that the defendant should pay the claimant 126524 Dinars.

The claimant and the defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court amended the appealed ruling and ruled that the defendant should pay the claimant 333425 Dinars.

The claimant and the defendant appealed the ruling before the court of cassation.

Decision

Appeal No. 527/2017

The court dismissed the appeal because it had not submitted within the legal deadline according to Articles 7, 129 and 153 of the Advocacy Law Kuwait Law No. 42/1964.

Appeal No. 433/2017