Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2747

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

English translation of the principle

The final contract, rather than the preliminary contract, is that by which relations between the parties are settled and which alone becomes the law of the contracting parties from the date of its conclusion. - Agreement in the final contract to amend the conditions of sale by removing the condition requiring delivery of the property free of occupancies by a specified date and the sanction for its breach. Its consequence. This condition ceases to exist as of the date of registration of the preliminary contract. No entitlement to compensation for its breach except for the period preceding registration of the final contract.
Arabic original
العقد النهائي دون العقد الابتدائي هو تستقر به العلاقات بين الطرفين ويصبح وحده قانون المتعاقدين من تاريخ إبرامه. - الاتفاق في العقد النهائي على تعديل شروط البيع بإسقاط شرط تسليم العقار خالياً من الشواغل في ميعاد معين والجزاء على مخالفته. مؤداه. عدم قيام هذا الشرط اعتباراً من تاريخ تسجيل العقد الابتدائي. عدم استحقاق التعويض عن مخالفته إلا عن الفترة السابقة على تسجيل العقد النهائي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٨٧٥، ٨٧٩/٢٠٠٥ مدني جلسة ١٩/٣/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ١ ص ٤٤٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 532.

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