Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 170

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

English translation of the principle

Real property owners' entitlement to compensation for the expropriation of their properties under the provisions of tort liability. Its criterion. The administration's failure to take the legal procedures, whereby its seizure of them is considered usurpation. - Publication of the expropriation decision in the owner's name. It does not vitiate the procedures. Contravening this. Its effect. Cassation of the judgment for error in the application of the law.
Arabic original
استحقاق أصحاب العقارات للتعويض عن نزع ملكية عقاراتهم وفق أحكام المسئولية التقصيرية. مناطه. عدم اتخاذ الإدارة الإجراءات القانونية مما يعد معه استيلاؤها عليها غصباً. - نشر قرار نزع الملكية باسم المالك. لا يعيب الاجراءات. مخالفة ذلك. أثره. تمييز الحكم للخطأ في تطبيق القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٣٨، ٢٤٣/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٦/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٠٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 41. PDF pages: 41.

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