Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2575

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

English translation of the principle

Termination of the contract for works owing to impossibility of performance for a reason attributable to neither party. The effect thereof. The obligations of both parties are extinguished and the contract for works is rescinded automatically, and the contractor is entitled to compensation under the principle of unjust enrichment, recovering from the employer compensation for the value of its expenditure and the remuneration to which it is entitled, within the limits of the benefit accruing to the employer.
Arabic original
انتهاء المقاولة باستحالة التنفيذ لسبب لا يد لأحد الطرفين فيه. أثر ذلك. انقضاء التزام الطرفين ويفسخ عقد المقاولة من تلقاء نفسه ويستحق المقاول تعويضاً بموجب مبدأ الإثراء بلا سبب فيقتضى تعويضاً من رب العمل قيمة ما أنفقه وما يستحقه من أجر في حدود ما عاد من منفعة على رب العمل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٩٦/٢٠٠٤ إداري جلسة ٢٤/١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 475. PDF pages: 475.

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