Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2906

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

English translation of the principle

Agency is a contract whereby the principal places another person in his stead to carry out a legal disposition. Its effect. The effects of a contract concluded by the agent with a third party within the limits of his agency accrue to the principal. - Successive agencies in each of which the agent is authorized to appoint another agent for what he himself was authorized to do. The contract concluded by the last agent. Its effects accrue to the principal. The reason: the last agent is deemed the principal's agent in protection of third parties acting in good faith.
Arabic original
الوكالة عقد يقيم به الموكل شخصياً آخر مقام نفسه في مباشرة تصرف قانوني. أثره. إنصراف آثار التعاقد الذي يجريه الوكيل في حدود وكالته مع الغير إلى الموكل. - توالي الوكالات المأذون في كل منها للوكيل أن يوكل غيره فيما وكل هو فيه. العقد الذي يبرمه الأخير. تنصرف آثاره للموكل. علة ذلك: اعتبار الوكيل الأخير وكيلاً عن الأصيل حماية للغير حسن النية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٦/٨٩ تجاري جلسة ١١/٢/١٩٩٠ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٩٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 540. PDF pages: 540.

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