Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 792

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

English translation of the principle

An establishment without legal personality is an element of its owner's patrimony. Its implication. It lacks capacity to be a party to proceedings and therefore may not litigate; its owner conducts proceedings concerning it. - Constitution of proceedings. Its prerequisite. Their institution by a party or direction against a party possessing capacity to be a party and to litigate. Suing a sole proprietorship and its owner's appearance at trial hearings. Its effect. Absence of grounds for declaring nullity.
Arabic original
المنشأة التي لا تتمتع بالشخصية الاعتبارية عنصر من عناصر ذمة صاحبها المالية. مؤداه. ليس لها أهلية الاختصام فلا يجوز لها أن تخاصم ويباشر صاحبها الخصومة بشأنها. - انعقاد الخصومة. مناطه. صدورها من خصم أو تكون موجهه إلى خصم يتمتع بأهلية الاختصام والتقاضي. اختصام منشأة فردية ومثول صاحبها بجلسات المحاكمة. أثره. انتفاء موجب تقرير البطلان.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٨/١٩٩٩ مدني جلسة ٥/٦/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ١٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 172. PDF pages: 172.

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