Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1306
State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The general rule is that the contracting party himself expresses his intention to conclude the contract. Contracting through representation is permissible. The representative’s dealing in his own name. Its implication: the effects of the contract do not extend to the principal unless the person contracting with him knew or was presumed to know that the contract was concluded through representation, or it was immaterial to him whether the contract was concluded with the representative or the principal. The basis for this. Article 58, Civil Code. Capacity in contracting:
Arabic original
الأصل أن يقوم المتعاقد نفسه بالتعبير عن إرادته في إبرام العقد. جواز التعاقد عن طريق النيابة. تعامل النائب باسمه. مؤداه: عدم إنصراف آثار العقد إلى الأصيل إلا إذا كان المتعاقد معه يعلم أو كان مفروضاً فيه أن يعلم أن التعاقد قد حصل بطريق النيابة أو كان يستوي عنده أن يكون التعاقد حاصلاً مع النائب أو الأصيل. أساس ذلك. م ٥٨ مدني. الصفة في التعاقد:Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٣٧٢/٢٠٠٩ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/١٢/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٨ ج ٣ ص ١٨٨)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 271. PDF pages: 271.
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