Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3210

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

English translation of the principle

What is meant by entitlement in unjust enrichment is not the recipient's entitlement to the thing itself, but entitlement to receive it. - The criterion for lack of entitlement in unjust enrichment is to consider it from the recipient's perspective, not the payer's. - Receipt of what is not due is sufficient, as a general rule, to impose on the recipient the obligation of restitution. The basis for this.
Arabic original
المقصود بالاستحقاق في الإثراء بلا سبب ليس هو استحقاق الشيء ذاته للمستلم وإنما استحقاق تسلمه. - العبرة من عدم الاستحقاق في الإثراء بلا سبب هو بالنظر إليه من زاوية المتسلم لا من زاوية الدافع. - تسلم غير المستحق كافٍ كأصل عام لتحمل المتسلم بالالتزام بالرد. أساس ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٠٢/٢٠٠٢ مدني جلسة ٨/١٢/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الأول ص ٥٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 596. PDF pages: 596.

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