Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2796

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

English translation of the principle

The followers may agree to amend the period for the lapse of the action on the warranty against defects by extending it, so that the agreed period is the period upon whose expiry it lapses. Its nature. A limitation period. The effect thereof. It does not run whenever there is an impediment that makes it impossible for the purchaser to claim his right.
Arabic original
للمتابعين أن يتفقا على تعديل مدة سقوط دعوى ضمان العيب بإطالتها فتكون المدة المتفق عليها هي المدة التي ينقضي بها. طبيعتها. مدة تقادم. أثر ذلك. لا تسري كلما وجد مانع يتعذر معه على المشتري المطالبة بحقه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٨١، ١٨٢/٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٣١/١/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٩٣٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 542.

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