Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1154

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Total destruction of the leased property during the lease term due to a cause attributable to neither contracting party. Its effect. Dissolution of the contract by operation of law. The reason therefor. Absence of the subject matter of the lessor’s obligation to enable the lessee to benefit from the property, and disappearance of the cause of the lessee’s obligation to pay rent. An example concerning a lease of a vehicle and trailer.
Arabic original
هلاك العين المؤجرة هلاكاً كلياً أثناء مدة الإيجار بسبب لا يد لأحد المتعاقدين فيه. أثره. انفساخ العقد بقوة القانون. علة ذلك. انعدام محل التزام المؤ جر بتمكين المستأجر من الانتفاع بالعين وزوال سبب التزام المستأجر بدفع الأجرة. مثال بشأن عقد إيجار سيارة ومقطورة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٤٤٥، ١٤٨٣/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١٤/١١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ١٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 248. PDF pages: 248.

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