Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 258

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

English translation of the principle

Annulment or nullity of the contract. Its effect. Restoring the contracting parties to the position they were in when contracting. Impossibility thereof. Permissibility of ordering equivalent performance. Article 187, Civil Code. - Changing the cause of action for the first time before the Court of Appeal. Legally permissible. The judgment’s contravention thereof. Renders it defective. Example.
Arabic original
إبطال العقد أو بطلانه. أثره. إعادة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند التعاقد. استحالة ذلك. جواز الإلزام بتقديم أداء معادل. م ١٨٧ مدني. - تغيير سبب الدعوى لأول مرة أمام محكمة الاستئناف. جائز قانوناً. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٤٤٨، ٤٥٨/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٧/١٢/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٧٦٨)

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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