Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1236

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

English translation of the principle

Stipulation for the benefit of a third party. What it permits a person, when contracting for himself, to assume by way of certain obligations which he undertakes to perform for a third party who is the beneficiary. The condition for this. - Establishing or negating agency, understanding the facts and assessing the evidence. Matters of fact within the trial court’s exclusive authority. The condition for this. Example concerning a stipulation for the benefit of a third party in a vehicle purchase contract and the court’s reasonable inference that the beneficiary may not be required, jointly and severally with the stipulator, to pay the balance of the vehicle’s price.
Arabic original
الاشتراط لمصلحة الغير. ما يجيزه للشخص حينما يتعاقد عن نفسه أن يتحمل بالتزامات معينة يتعهد بأدائها لشخص من الغير هو المنتفع. شرط ذلك. - قيام الوكالة أو نفيها وفهم الواقع وتقديرالأدلة. واقع تستقل به محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. مثال بشأن الاشتراط لمصلحة الغير في عقد شراء سيارة واستخلاص المحكمة على نحو سائغ عدم جواز مطالبة المستفيد مع المشترط على سبيل التضامن بباقي ثمن السيارة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٩٢/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١٣/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 236. PDF pages: 236.

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