Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 253

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

English translation of the principle

A non-Kuwaiti engaging in trade alone. Its effect. Nullity of the contract. Its necessary consequence. Restoring the contracting parties to the position they were in at the time of the contract. Impossibility thereof. Its effect. Permissibility of an equivalent award. Article 78 Civil Code. An example.
Arabic original
اشتغال غير الكويتي بالتجارة منفرداً. أثره. بطلان العقد. لازم ذلك. إعادة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند العقد. استحالة ذلك. أثره. جواز الحكم المعادل. م ٧٨ مدني. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢٦/٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٣/١١/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٤٣٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 59. PDF pages: 59.

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