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Litigation and Commercial Arbitration
The Kuwaiti system is based mainly on French civil law, which differs from English law. Islamic Sharia is also considered another legal source in Kuwait, especially with regard to family and property affairs. According to Decree Law 23 of 1990 regarding the organization of the judiciary, the Kuwaiti judicial law is based on several systems, namely: The Court of First Instance that consists from the District Court, which hears small claims, the College Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Court of Cassation, and the judicial procedures are subject to Decree-Law No. 38 of 1980 called the “Civil and Commercial Procedure Law.”
Based on our solid knowledge and abundant experience about local courts, the firm deals with major commercial cases in Kuwait on behalf of foreign and local clients and with the availability of bilateral language skills and experts in local and international laws and the combination of lawyers graduated from different legal colleges where an empowered team with high professional competence was formed so that they protect the interests of clients when litigation procedures are conducted in Kuwait.
The firm has a strong reputation for being able to conduct arbitration procedures inside and outside Kuwait, and the group’s record is full of successful arbitration rulings in accordance with local Kuwaiti and international arbitration rules, such as the arbitration systems approved by the International Chamber of Commerce I.C.C and by UNICTRAL.