Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3047

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity or annulment of the contract. Its effect. Restoration of the contracting parties to the position they were in at the time of contracting. Impossibility of this. It is permissible to impose an obligation to render equivalent performance. From 187, Civil Code. - Changing the cause of action for the first time before the Court of Appeal. Legally permissible. The judgment's contravention of this. Vitiates it. Example.
Arabic original
بطلان العقد أو إبطاله . أثره. عودة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند التعاقد . استحالة ذلك. جواز الإلزام بتقديم أداء معادل. من 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 566. PDF pages: 566.

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