Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2820

The purchaser of real property is deemed a particular successor to the seller. The consequence: the former has the right to claim compensation for usurpation of the property. An example. - The Municipality's seizure of the disputed land on a date preceding its purchase by the respondent, without following the procedures prescribed in the Expropriation Law. The implication of this. Its liability for compensation towards the previous owner. Transfer of the latter's right to claim compensation to the purchaser to whom ownership passed. An example.