Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1909

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

English translation of the principle

A liability action brought by a shareholding company against the chairman and members of its board of directors. Cases in which it is brought. The general assembly's discharge of the board of directors. Does not preclude bringing it, even if the discharge occurred after the board disclosed all acts and transactions it had undertaken. - A statutory provision framed in general and unqualified terms. Its effect. There is no room to restrict it. Example.
Arabic original
دعوى المسئولية التي تقيمها الشركة المساهمة قبل رئيس واعضاء مجلس الإدارة. حالات رفعها. إبراء الجمعية العمومية لذمة مجلس الإدارة. لا يحول دون إقامتها حتى لو تم بعد كشف مجلس الإدارة عن جميع الأعمال والتصرفات التي قام بها. - ورود النص القانوني عاماً مطلقاً. أثره. لا محل لتخصيصه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣٩/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ٢١/٥/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 364. PDF pages: 364.

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