Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 828

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

English translation of the principle

The requirement that the Kuwaiti partners' share of the capital be no less than 51% of the company's capital. It is incompatible with the nature of an undisclosed partnership. The reason: its lack of legal personality and the absence of a separate patrimony or capital divided among the partners in specified proportions.
Arabic original
شرط ألا تقل نسبة رأس مال الكويتيين من الشركاء عن ٥١ ٪ من رأس مال الشركة. يتأبى مع طبيعة شركة المحاصة. علة ذلك: انعدام شخصيتها القانونية وعدم وجود ذمة مالية أو رأس مال يقسم بين الشركاء بنسب معينة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٩٢٢، ٩٢٤/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٤/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٨ ج ٢ ص ٦٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 180. PDF pages: 180.

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