Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2689

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

English translation of the principle

A person contracting on their own behalf. That person may agree with the other contracting party that the latter shall assume certain obligations which it undertakes to perform for a third person, the beneficiary or recipient, who may be a person not individually identified at the time of the stipulation but capable of identification when the promisor must provide the stipulated benefit. Its effect. The beneficiary of the stipulation has a direct action against the promisor to recover their entitlement. A judgment's contravention thereof. A violation of the law requiring its partial cassation. Sale contract:
Arabic original
الشخص الذي يتعاقد عن نفسه. جواز أن يتفق مع من يتعاقد معه أن يتحمل بالتزامات معينة يتعهد بأدائها لشخص من الغير هو المنتفع أو المستفيد الذي يجوز أن يكون شخصاً غير معين بذاته عند الاشتراط ويمكن تعيينه عندما يتوجب على المتعهد أن يؤدي له المنفعة المشترطة. أثر ذلك. للمشترط له دعوى مباشرة قبل المتعهد لإستئداء حقه. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. مخالفة للقانون تُوجب تمييزه جزئياً. عقد البيع:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٠/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ١٠/٣/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٨٥)

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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