Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1282

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

English translation of the principle

Where the representative does not disclose his capacity upon contracting, the other contracting party neither knows nor is presumed to know of it, and has an interest in not regarding the contract as concluded with the principal. He may not be compelled to regard the contract - 267 - Obligation as having been concluded with the representative in his representative capacity.
Arabic original
عدم إعلان النائب عند التعاقد عن صفته ولم يعلم بها المتعاقد الآخر ولم يكن مفروضاً فيه أن يعلم بها وكانت له مصلحة في عدم اعتبار التعاقد حاصلاً مع الأصيل. فإنه لا يجبر على اعتبار التعاقد - ٢٦٧ - التزام قد حصل مع النائب بصفته نائباً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠٧/٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/٤/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٢١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 267. PDF pages: 267–268.

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