Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1237

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 his contracting counterparty that the latter shall assume specified obligations which he undertakes to perform for a third party, who is the beneficiary or recipient of the benefit. The latter may be a person not individually identified at the time of the stipulation. The possibility of identifying him when the promisor must provide him with the benefit stipulated in his favour. The effect thereof. The beneficiary or recipient of the benefit has a direct action against the promisor to recover his right. An example concerning a group insurance policy.
Arabic original
الشخص الذي يتعاقد عن نفسه. جواز اتفاقه مع المتعاقد معه على أن يتحمل بالتزامات معينة يتعهد بأدائها لشخص من الغير وهو المنتفع أو المستفيد. جواز أن يكون الأخير شخصاً غير معين بذاته عند الاشتراط. إمكانية تعيينه عندما يتوجب على المتعهد أن يؤدي له المنفعة المشترطة لصالحه. أثر ذلك. للمنتفع أو المستفيد دعوى مباشرة قبل المتعهد لاسترداد حقه. مثال بشأن وثيقة تأمين جماعي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٧٧/٢٠٠٨ مدني جلسة ١٧/٦/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ٢ ص ٤٦٣)

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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