Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2597

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

English translation of the principle

The express resolutory condition. Its nature. - Establishment that the contracting parties' intention was expressly directed toward the express resolutory condition. Its effect. Automatic dissolution of the contract whenever the debtor breaches his obligations, without the need to bring an action seeking a judgment of rescission and without the debtor being able to avert rescission by performing his obligations after the breach has occurred. Giving effect to this consequence. Its condition. Ascertaining the existence or absence of the express resolutory condition. For the court of merits, provided it bases its judgment on reasonable grounds. Example of a reasonable inference that the express resolutory condition in the two contracts in dispute was fulfilled, according to the apparent meaning of the wording of the two contracts and what is conveyed by the provisions of the Executive Regulation of the Free Zones Law.
Arabic original
الشرط الفاسخ الصريح. ماهيته. - ثبوت إنصراف إرادة المتعاقدان إلى الشرط الفاسخ الصريح صراحة. أثره. انفساخ العقد من تلقاء نفسه متى أخل المدين بالتزاماته دون حاجة لرفع دعوى بطلب الحكم بالفسخ ودون ان يكون للمدين تفادي الفسخ بتنفيذ التزاماته بعد حصول المخالفة. إعمال هذا الأثر. شرطه. استظهار وجود الشرط الفاسخ الصريح أو نفيه. لمحكمة الموضوع متى أقامت قضاءها على أسباب سائغة. مثال لاستخلاص سائغ لتحقق الشرط الفاسخ الصريح في العقدي محل النزاع وفقاً للمعنى الظاهر لعبارات العقدين وما تفيده نصوص اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون المناطق الحرة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٤٩/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ١٧/٢/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ١٩٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 479. PDF pages: 479.

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