Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2590

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

English translation of the principle

The express resolutory condition of a contract. Its nature. An agreement by its parties, in express terms, that rescission must occur if either fails to perform its obligations, without the need to institute an action for rescission. Its effect. The judge must apply it once the occurrence of the breach warranting it is ascertained, and the judgment is declaratory of rescission, not constitutive of it. - 477 - Obligation - The implied resolutory condition. Its nature. It is that which does not necessarily require rescission; the judge may grant the debtor time, and the debtor may avert it by performing its obligation in full before a final judgment of rescission is rendered. - Ascertaining the existence of an express resolutory condition. A matter of fact. Its condition.
Arabic original
الشرط الفاسخ الصريح للعقد. ماهيته. اتفاق طرفيه بصيغة صريحة على وجوب الفسخ في حالة عدم وفاء أيهما بالتزاماته دون حاجة لرفع دعوى الفسخ. أثره. وجوب إعمال القاضي له متى تحقق من حصول المخالفة الموجبة له ويكون حكمه مقرراً للفسخ وليس منشئاً له. - ٤٧٧ - التزام - الشرط الفاسخ الضمني. ماهيته. هو ما لا يستوجب الفسخ حتماً وللقاضي أن ينظر المدين إلى أجل وللمدين تفاديه بتنفيذ التزامه كاملاً قبل صدور حكم نهائي بالفسخ. - استظهار وجود الشرط الفاسخ الصريح. موضوعي. شرطه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٩٧/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ٢٤/٩/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٤٠٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 477. PDF pages: 477–478.

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