Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3247

The rule of enrichment without cause. Among the conditions for its application: selection of the lawful cause justifying the enrichment and impoverishment. - 603 - Obligation - Cause is the legal source conferring enrichment. It may be a contract or a provision of law. Existence of a lawful cause. A bar to recourse against the enriched party by an enrichment action, because the enriched party has been enriched through a legal cause. Its implication. Establishment of the acquisition of ownership of the land by operation of law. A bar to recourse against the owner by an action for enrichment without cause. Contravention of this. Contradiction of what is established in the papers and an error in applying the law requiring cassation of the challenged judgment.