Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1200

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

English translation of the principle

Awarding statutory interest from the date the commercial debt becomes due. Its restriction to cases where the subject matter of the monetary obligation is of a known amount when it arises. Its not being so. Its effect. Interest runs from the date of the final judgment. - The subject matter of an obligation being of a known amount when it arises. Its nature. Example.
Arabic original
القضاء بالفوائد القانونية من تاريخ استحقاق الدين التجاري. اقتصاره على ما إذا كان محل الالتزام النقدي معلوم المقدار وقت نشوئه. عدم كونه كذلك. أثره. سريان الفوائد من تاريخ الحكم النهائي. - محل الالتزام المعلوم المقدار وقت نشوئه. ماهيته. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٦٥١، ٦٦٧/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ١١/٣/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ١٧٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 255. PDF pages: 255.

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