Citizen ‘wins’ $5,000 damages from airlines

‘Missing files’ adjourned

Jaber Al-Humoud

Al-Seyassah Staff and KUWAIT CITY, June 21: The Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the First Instance Court and obliged an airline company to pay $5,000 in compensation to a citizen for damages he incurred through the postponement of his flight.

Attorney Eilaf Al-Saleh filed the lawsuit on behalf of the citizen who is a student, saying his client only discovered the flight had been postponed after wasting 4 hours at the airport prior to departure. He noted the flight was postponed for almost 10 hours and the student was forced to buy a new ticket through which he missed his exam.

Moreover, the company declined to follow relevant laws and paid no attention to the situation of the passenger when the airline declined to provide him accommodation while waiting for the substitute flight.

Case adjourned:

Al-Saleh

The Criminal Court presided over by Judge Abdullah Al-Othman adjourned to June 27 the case related to missing files involving Kuwait’s TMAS Company, and rejected the bail requests filed by several defendants involved in the case.

According to the case files, the defendants — six lawyers, two secretaries and five representatives of legal offices — were arrested and detained for investigations on the missing case files. Charges were leveled against them in relation to bribery and disclosure of confidential information.

In previous court sessions, one of the lawyers was released on bail of KD 5,000 after it was discovered that he was not part of the crime. However, the bail requests of the other lawyers were rejected on grounds of completion of investigations.

Principal

absolved:

The Misdemeanor Court of Appeal refrained from pronouncing penalty against a female Kuwaiti school principal for insulting a compatriot teacher whom she called a sorcerer and swindler.

In a lawsuit filed on behalf of the plaintiff — a school teacher and head of department, Lawyer Maryam Al-Bahar said her client was surprised and embarrassed when the principal called her a sorcerer and a swindler. She supported her claim with two witnesses who testified to insults meted by the principal against the plaintiff while she was performing official duty.

She added the Ministry of Education even handed the principal an official warning over the incident. To back up the argument, the lawyer presented a Twitter post of the principal showing her bad mannerism.

However, the court released the principal on bail without a bond when she signed an undertaking to be of good moral conduct for six months. The civil aspect of the case has since been referred to the Civil Circuit, which also upheld the decision of the previous court.