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KUWAIT CITY, July 2: The Court of Appeals dismissed the petition filed by the Kuwait Lawyers Society and upheld the verdict issued by the Court of First Instance that ordered the society to renew the membership of its former secretary Faisal Al-Qenai for the year 2018 with immediate effect. In …

KUWAIT CITY, June 9: The Administrative Court ordered an investor to pay KD 23,000 to a businessperson as the cost of commercial goods delivered to the investor. Lawyer for the businessperson, Attorney Khawla Al-Hassawi, argued that according to the documents, the investor must pay for the goods worth KD 23,000. …

KUWAIT CITY, June 2: The Administration Court has rescinded a purchase contract of value KD 900,000 and ordered the defendant to pay KD 100,000 and moral compensation of KD 10,000 for the damages caused. According to the court files, the plaintiff and the defendant had signed a contract for the …

KUWAIT CITY, April 15: Investigations carried out by the securitymen in the issue of the so-called ‘loss of important case files from court records’ show the involvement of 15 lawyers, reports Al-Qabas daily. Further investigations resulted in the imprisonment of two sessions’ secretaries for 21 days at the Central Prison …

KUWAIT CITY, April 15: The Misdemeanors Circle of the Court of First Instance, headed by Counselor Nawaf Al-Zua’bi, put behind bars Saoud A-Fadhli and his son for eight months each in a libel suit filed by former minister of health Ali Al-Obeidi on his e-account which he operates under the …

KUWAIT CITY, April 12: A 1996-born Kuwaiti citizen, who has been sentenced in absentia to 90 years imprisonment for several criminal cases as well as sentenced to death for a criminal case, was arrested recently in Farwaniya Governorate. According to security sources, Farwaniya securitymen were patrolling the area when they …

KUWAIT CITY, April 5: The Public Prosecution has opened an investigation into the loss of important case from the courts and has detained three court secretaries and one bailiff for interrogation, reports Al-Qabas daily. The daily also said the Prosecution has turned down requests for the release of those detained. …

KUWAIT CITY, March 19: In a case that has kept social media busy, a Kuwaiti court came to the rescue of an elderly woman whose only child ordered her out of her own house because he wanted to sell it. The court has suspended the sale of the house for …

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 20: Several lawyers have stated a provision in election law that disqualifies citizens from running in the Parliamentary elections if convicted by court for criminal offense, noting only misdemeanor cases require clarification from the candidate, reports Al-Qabas daily. Lawyer Meshari Al-Esaimi said a candidate of the National …

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 18: The Court of Cassation upheld the verdict issued by the Court of Appeals which acquitted a blogger, Nasser Al-Sumait, who was accused of posting remarks on Twitter which can be deemed as offensive to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Public Prosecution had charged Al-Sumait of …