Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1229

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

A person contracting on his own behalf. He may agree with the person with whom he contracts that the latter shall assume specified obligations which he undertakes to perform for a third person, the beneficiary or recipient of the benefit, who may be a person not individually identified at the time of the stipulation but capable of being identified when the promisor is required to provide him with the stipulated benefit. The effect thereof. The beneficiary of the stipulation has a direct action against the promisor to obtain his right. A judgment contrary thereto. A violation of the law requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
الشخص الذي يتعاقد عن نفسه. جواز أن يتفق مع من يتعاقد معه على أن يتحمل بالتزامات معينة يتعهد بأدائها لشخص من الغير هو المنتفع أو المستفيد الذي يجوز أن يكون شخصاً غير معين بذاته عند الاشتراط ويمكن تعيينه عندما يتوجب على المتعهد أن يؤدي له المنفعة المشترطة. أثر ذلك. للمشترط له دعوى مباشرة قبل المتعهد لإستئداء حقه. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. مخالفة للقانون تُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٠/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ١٠/٣/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٢١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 234. PDF pages: 234.

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