Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1562

Contracts of disposition creating and transferring real rights in immovable property, including ownership. Consensual contracts. Enactment of Law 5/1959 concerning real estate registration. Its effect. Deferral of the creation or transfer of these rights until after registration. Other obligations remain unchanged. A person who has contracted to dispose of immovable property by transferring its ownership may not claim ownership of it for himself against the transferee, even before registration. The reason therefor: one who - 297 - Obligation guarantees the transfer of ownership to another may not assert it against that person. Its implication. He has no right to dispute the compensation assessed for expropriation.