Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2822

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

English translation of the principle

Avoidance or nullity of a contract. Its effect. Restoring the contracting parties to the position they occupied at the time of contracting. Impossibility thereof. It is permissible to order equivalent performance. Article 187, Civil Code. - Changing the cause of action for the first time before the Court of Appeal. Legally permissible. A judgment's contravention thereof. Renders it defective. An example.
Arabic original
إبطال العقد أو بطلانه. أثره. إعادة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند التعاقد. استحالة ذلك. جواز الالزام بتقديم أداء معادل. م ١٨٧ مدني. - تغيير سبب الدعوى لأول مرة أمام محكمة الاستئناف. جائز قانوناً. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٤٤٨، ٤٥٨/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٧/١٢/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٤٠٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 523. PDF pages: 523.

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