Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4055

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity of the contract. Its consequence. Its extinction, restoration of everything to its original state, and recovery by each contracting party of what he gave. The impossibility of this. Permissibility of ordering equivalent performance.
Arabic original
بطلان العقد. مقتضاه. زواله وإعادة كل شيء لأصله واسترداد كل متعاقد ما أعطاه. استحالة ذلك. جواز الحكم بأداء معادل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٦٥/٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٣/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٠٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 748. PDF pages: 748.

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