Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2842

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

English translation of the principle

Ownership of immovable property. Its transfer by registration, whether between the contracting parties or in relation to third parties. The basis thereof. Article 7 of the Real Estate Registration Law. Failure to complete registration. Its effect. - The purchaser of unregistered immovable property may assign the personal rights arising from the contract to another in accordance with assignment procedures. The purchaser also has the right to dispose of the property by sale to a second purchaser under a sale contract independent of the purchaser’s own purchase contract.
Arabic original
الملكية العقارية. انتقالها بالتسجيل سواء بين المتعاقدين أو بالنسبة للغير. أساس ذلك. م٧ من قانون التسجيل العقاري. عدم تمام التسجيل. أثره. - مشتري العقار غير المسجل له أن يحيل الحقوق الشخصية الناشئة من العقد لآخر وفقاً لإجراءات الحوالة. كما أن من حقه أن يتصرف بالبيع في العقار إلى مشتر ثان بعقد بيع مستقل بذاته عن عقد شرائه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٧٨/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ١١/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ١ ص ٢٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 552.

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