Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2114

Contracts of disposition creating and transferring real rights over immovable property, including ownership. Consensual contracts. Enactment of Law 5/1959 concerning real estate registration. Its effect. Postponement of the creation or transfer of these rights until after registration. All other obligations remain unchanged. A person who has contracted to dispose of immovable property by transferring its ownership may not claim ownership of it against the transferee, even before registration. The reason thereof: a person who warrants transfer of ownership to another may not assert it against that person. The consequence thereof. That person is not entitled to dispute the compensation assessed for expropriation. - 394 - Obligation Registration of a contract for the sale of immovable property: