Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1664

State of Kuwait · Administrative Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The conditions necessary for a contract to be considered administrative. One of its parties must be a public legal person contracting in its capacity as a public authority; it must relate to the activity of a public service with the aim of operating or organising it; and it must bear the distinctive character of administrative contracts in the exceptional terms it contains.
Arabic original
الشروط اللازمة لاعتبار العقد إدارياً. كون أحد طرفيه شخصا معنويا عاما وأن يتعاقد بوصفه سلطة عامة وان يتصل بنشاط مرفق عام بقصد تسييره أو تنظميه وأن يتسم بالطابع المميز للعقود الإدارية فيما يتضمنه من شروط استثنائية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤١/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٣١/١/١٩٩٣ القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٥٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 479. PDF pages: 476.

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