Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1144

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Treating a disposition as effective after death or as concealing a bequest. Its condition. Proof that the disposer intended to make a gratuitous disposition and to defer the transfer of ownership until after his death. - Pleading the invalidity of the contract concluded between the appellant company’s former representative and the respondent on the ground that it was made during death illness. Establishment that their relationship was an immediately effective contractual employment relationship, without the former, in his capacity as employer, intending to conclude a disposition of his private property effective after death. Its effect.
Arabic original
اعتبار التصرف مضافاً لما بعد الموت أو ساتراً لوصية. شرطه. ثبوت اتجاه نية المتصرف إلى التبرع وإضافة التمليك إلى ما بعد موته. - التمسك ببطلان العقد المبرم بين الممثل السابق للشركة الطاعنة وبين المطعون ضده استناداً إلى صدوره في مرض الموت. ثبوت أن العلاقة بينهما رابطة عمل تعاقدية منجزة دون أن تتجه إرادة الأول بصفته صاحب العمل إلى إبرام تصرف في أملاكه الخاصة مضافاً إلى ما بعد الموت. أثره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤/١٩٩٩ عمالي جلسة ٦/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 541. PDF pages: 526.

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