Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1820

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

English translation of the principle

Property owners’ entitlement to compensation for the expropriation of their properties under the rules of tort liability. Its criterion. The administration’s failure to take the statutory procedures, whereby its seizure of them constitutes usurpation. - Publication of the expropriation decision in the owner’s name. Does not invalidate the procedures. Contravention thereof. Its effect.
Arabic original
استحقاق أصحاب العقارات للتعويض عن نزع ملكية عقاراتهم وفق أحكام المسئولية التقصيرية. مناطه. عدم اتخاذ الإدارة الإجراءات القانونية مما يعد معه استيلاؤها عليها غصباً. - نشر قرار نزع الملكية باسم المالك. لا يعيب الإجراءات. مخالفة ذلك. أثره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٣٨، ٢٤٣/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٦/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثالث ص ٨٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 525. PDF pages: 522.

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