Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3118

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 implication. Restoration of the contracting parties to the position they were in at the time of contracting, unless the law provides otherwise. Impossibility of this. Its effect. An order to render equivalent performance is permissible. Art. 187, Civil Code. The criterion for this. The court must be requested to apply the provision of that article. The reason for this.
Arabic original
بطلان العقد أو إبطاله. مؤداه. عودة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند التعاقد ما لم ينص القانون على خلاف ذلك. استحالة ذلك. أثره. جواز الحكم بأداء معادل. م ١٨٧ مدني. مناط ذلك. أن يطلب من المحكمة إعمال حكم تلك المادة. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٧٣/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ٧/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون- س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 580. PDF pages: 580.

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