Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2187

An unregistered commercial agency. An action concerning it shall not be heard. Law 36 of 1964 concerning the regulation of commercial agencies(*). - Contract agency. Its nature: a contract whereby a person undertakes, on a continuing basis within a specified area of activity, to solicit and negotiate the conclusion of transactions for the principal’s benefit, or to conclude them and sign and perform contracts in the principal’s name and for his account. The legislature’s requiring only that it be evidenced in writing and not subjecting it to a registration requirement. Article 274 of the Commercial Law. - 408 - Obligation