Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3144

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

English translation of the principle

The law recognized the protection of a good-faith particular successor from the grave harm that annulment of the contract of his predecessor, from whom he received the right, might cause him. Its condition: that the particular successor’s succession took place pursuant to a transaction for consideration and that he acted in good faith. - The litigant’s good faith. Its nature: where he did not know the ground for annulment of his predecessor’s contract and could not have known it had he exercised the care required of an ordinary person by the circumstances of the case. An example.
Arabic original
اعتد القانون 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 حسن 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

(الطعن ١٠١٣/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٢٩/١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٣٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 586. PDF pages: 586.

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