Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2072

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

English translation of the principle

Simulation of a disposition or its cause between the contracting parties. It is proved in accordance with the general rules. Its import. They may not prove the simulated nature of a contract established in writing otherwise than by writing. Circumvention of the law. The person against whose interest the circumvention operated may prove the true nature of the disposition and the cause of the obligation by all means of proof. Example.
Arabic original
صورية التصرف أو سببه بين المتعاقدين. إثباته يكون طبقاً للقواعد العامة. مؤداه. عدم جواز إثباتهم صورية العقد الثابت بالكتابة بغير الكتابة. وجود احتيال على القانون. لمن كان الاحتيال ضد مصلحته إثبات حقيقة التصرف وسبب الالتزام بكافة طرق الإثبات. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠٠/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٢٤/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ١ ص ٥١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 386. PDF pages: 386.

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