Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 480

Conclusion of a sale contract before the date the Civil Code entered into force. Its effect. Its provisions do not apply to future effects, including rescission for the seller's lack of ownership of the thing sold and inability to perform his obligation to transfer ownership. This is not altered by the purchaser's discovery, after its entry into force, of a third party's entitlement to the thing sold. A claim for repayment of the price and compensation for harm. Its subjection to the provisions of the Majalla of Judicial Rules and Law 6 of 1961 regulating obligations arising from unlawful acts(*).