Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1693

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

English translation of the principle

Considering a contract an administrative contract. Its condition. That one of its parties be a public legal person contracting in its capacity as a public authority, that the contract relate to the activity of a public service with the intention of operating or organising it, and that it be characterised by adoption of the public-law approach in the exceptional terms contained in such contracts. - Giving contracts concluded by the administrative authority their correct legal characterisation as administrative or civil contracts. Its criterion.
Arabic original
اعتبار العقد عقداً إدارياً. شرطه. أن يكون أحد طرفيه شخصاً معنوياً عاماً يتعاقد بوصفة سلطة عامة وأن يتصل العقد بنشاط مرفق عام بقصد تسييره أو تنظيمه وأن يتسم بانتهاج أسلوب القانون العام فيما تتضمنه هذه العقود من شروط استثنائية. - إعطاء العقود التي تبرمها جهة الإدارة وصفها القانوني الصحيح باعتبارها عقوداً إدارية أو مدنية. مناطه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧٦٨، ٧٦٩/٢٠٠٢ تجاري جلسة ٢/٣/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد العاشر ص ٥٩٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 485. PDF pages: 482.

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