Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1462

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

English translation of the principle

Fraudulent misrepresentation vitiating consent and invalidating a contract. Its nature: the use of artifices inducing a contract that would not have been accepted in the form in which it occurred but for deception through artifices involving a degree of fraud.
Arabic original
التدليس المفسد للرضاء والمبطل للعقد. ماهيته: استعمال حيل تحفز إلى عقد ما كان ليرتضي به على نحو ما وقع لولا الخداع بحيل تنطوي على قدر من الغش.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٥٦/٢٠٠١ مدني جلسة ١٩/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٤٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 296. PDF pages: 296.

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