Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 119

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

English translation of the principle

The principle is that the law applies with immediate effect. - Contractual legal positions are subject to the old law under which the contract was concluded. The condition for this: that the new law has not subjected those legal positions to mandatory rules or concerned a procedural rule. - 28 - Law
Arabic original
الأصل أن القانون يسري بأثر فوري. - خضوع المراكز القانونية الاتفاقية للقانون القديم الذي تم العقد في ظله. شرط ذلك: ألا يكون القانون الجديد قد أخضع تلك المراكز القانونية لقواعد آمرة أو تعلق بقاعدة إجرائية. - ٢٨ - القانون
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٢/٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٨/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٧١٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 28. PDF pages: 28.

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