KCC 2017/2018

This case involved the request for the appointment of an expert to review payments to players in a sports club. This case came under the jurisdiction of an abritration commission not the court.

Background

A claimant filed a case against defendants before the court. He requested the court to appoint an expert in order to review the account statements of the other players in a sport club which he used to play for. He requested the court to order the first defendant to pay his financial entitlements accordingly.

The court dismissed the case.

The claimant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.

The claimant appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. He said in his grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law.

Decision

The court of cassation considered the issues related to the general order. The court said that the consideration of the case did not fall under the jurisdiction of the court. The court said that the consideration of the case fell under of the arbitration commission for sport according to Article 44 of Kuwait Law No. 87/2017.