Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4057

The impossibility of restoring the contracting parties to the position they occupied upon contracting after a judgment declaring the contract void before the court of first instance. Effect thereof. The right arises to seek compensation by the equivalent performance due. Basis thereof. Article 187, Civil Code. - 748 - Obligation - A claim for equivalent performance. Permissible before the Court of Appeal while retaining the original claim. - The judgment's award of the amount claimed as equivalent performance without relying on the void contract. No error.