Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2448

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

English translation of the principle

Cancellation or mutual cancellation as a cause of dissolution of a contract. What is meant thereby: the parties' mutual consent to undo and remove the contract after its valid and effective conclusion. Its condition. Consent must occur after conclusion of the contract while the thing contracted over remains in existence and in the possession of one of the contracting parties. - Mutual cancellation of the contract is governed by the rule and effect of rescission. Its implication. Retroactive dissolution of the contract between the contracting parties and restoration of the contracting parties to the position they were in before the contract.
Arabic original
الإقالة أو التقايل كسبب لانحلال العقد. المقصود به: تراضي الطرفين على رفع العقد وإزالته بعد إبرا مه صحيحاً نافذاً. شرطه. أن يجيء التراضي بعد انعقاد العقد مع بقاء الشيء المعقود عليه قائماً وموجوداً في يد أحد المتعاقدين. - التقايل عن العقد يأخذ حكم الفسخ وأثره. مؤدى ذلك. انحلال العقد فيما بين المتعاقدين بأثر رجعي ويعاد المتعاقدان إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها قبل العقد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٠٤/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٢/٦/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٤٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 452. PDF pages: 452.

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