Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2949

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

English translation of the principle

The principal's exemption of the agent from performing his obligation to render an account of his agency activities. A legal act in which the principal expresses his will, even implicitly. Its effectiveness throughout the agency and after its termination. - The principal's illness, even if severe. Is not legally a cause for termination of the agency. The continued effect of the exemption from the agent's rendering an account of the agency activities, by presumption of continuity of the existing state. An incidental, temporary loss of capacity by either contracting party. Does not terminate the agency. The determining consideration is permanent loss, whereby legal positions become settled. Its assessment is a matter for the court of merits. - 548 - Obligation
Arabic original
إعفاء الموكل للوكيل من تنفيذ التزامه بتقديم حساب عن أعمال وكالته. تصرف قانوني يعبر فيه الموكل عن إرادته ولو ضمناً. سريانه طوال مدة الوكالة وبعد انتهائها. - مرض الموكل وإن اشتد. لا يُعد سبباً لانتهاء الوكالة قانوناً. استمرار أثر الإعفاء من تقديم الوكيل حساب عن أعمال الوكالة استصحاباً للحال. فقد أحد طرفي العقد لأهليته فقداً عارضاً مؤقتاً. لا تنتهي به الوكالة. العبرة بالفقد الدائم الذي تستقر به المراكز القانونية. تقدير ذلك موضوعي. - ٥٤٨ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٥٤/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ١٣/٤/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ٢ ص ٣٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 548. PDF pages: 548–549.

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