Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3079

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

English translation of the principle

The law has taken account of protecting a particular successor acting in good faith from the serious harm that might result for him from the annulment of the contract of his predecessor from whom he acquired the right. Its condition: the particular successor’s succession must have occurred pursuant to a transaction for consideration, and he must be acting in good faith. - The litigant’s good faith. Its meaning: where he did not know of the ground for annulment of his predecessor’s contract and could not have known of it had he exercised the care required of an ordinary person by the circumstances of the case. An example.
Arabic original
القانون اعتد بحماية الخلف الخاص حسن النية مما عساه أن يرتبه له إبطال عقد سلفه الذي تلقى الحق منه من فادح الضرر. شرطه: أن تكون خلافة الخلف الخاص قد تمت بمقتضى تصرف تعاوضي وأن يكون حسُن النية. - حسُن نية الخصم. ماهيتها: إذا كان لا يعلم بسبب إبطال عقد سلفه ولم يكن في مقدوره أن يعلم به لو أنه بذل من الحرص ما تستوجبه ظروف الحال من الشخص العادي. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٢١٤، ٢٢٣، ٢٢٥/٢٠٠٢ مدني جلسة ٢١/٤/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٩٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 572. PDF pages: 572.

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