Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2688

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

English translation of the principle

Stipulation for the benefit of a third party. Its nature. An agreement by a party contracting on his own behalf with the person with whom he contracts that the latter shall assume specific obligations which he undertakes to perform for a third party, who may be a future person or a person not individually identified at the time of the stipulation. Effect thereof. The beneficiary has a right of his own against the promisor consisting of the benefit stipulated for him, and may demand its performance from him by a direct action in his own name.
Arabic original
الاشتراط لمصلحة الغير. ماهيته. اتفاق المتعاقد عن نفسه مع من يتعاقد معه على أن يتحمل بالتزامات معينة يتعهد بأدائها لشخص من الغير والذي يجوز أن يكون شخصاً مستقبلاً أو غير معين بذاته عند الاشتراط. أثره. أن يكون للمشترط لصالحه حق خاص به في ذمة المتعهد قوامه المنفعة المشترطة له وله أن يستأديه منه بدعوى مباشرة باسمه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٢٨/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ١٢/١/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٨٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 497. PDF pages: 497.

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