Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1762

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

English translation of the principle

A person contracting on his own behalf. He may agree with his counterparty that the latter assume certain obligations which he undertakes - 344 - Obligation to perform for a third person (the beneficiary). The latter may be a person not individually identified at the time of the stipulation, if he can be identified when the promisor is required to render to him the benefit stipulated for him. The beneficiary has a direct action against the promisor to recover his right. An example.
Arabic original
الشخص الذي يتعاقد عن نفسه. جواز اتفاقه مع المتعاقد معه على أن يتحمل بالتزامات معينة يتعهد - ٣٤٤ - التزام بأدائها لشخص من الغير (المنتفع). ويجوز أن يكون الأخير شخصاً غير معين بذاته عند الاشتراط. إذا كان من الممكن تعيينه عندما يتوجب على المتعهد أن يؤدي له المنفعة المشترطة له. وللمنتفع دعوى مباشرة قبل المتعهد لاسترداد حقه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٠٠/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/٦/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٠٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 344. PDF pages: 344–345.

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