Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2843

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

English translation of the principle

The final contract, not the preliminary contract, is what settles relations between the parties. It alone becomes the law of the contracting parties from the date of its conclusion. The final sale contract’s omission of a condition requiring delivery of the property vacant by a specified date and of the financial penalty resulting from breach of that condition. Its implication. The parties’ agreement to amend the preliminary sale contract by dropping it. Its effect. That condition ceases to exist from the date of registration of the sale contract. The purchaser’s obligations: the purchaser of real estate is a particular successor to the seller:
Arabic original
العقد النهائي دون العقد الابتدائي هو تستقر به العلاقات بين الطرفين. صيرورته وحده قانون المتعاقدين من تاريخ إبرامه. خلو عقد البيع النهائي من شرط تسليم العقار خالياً في ميعاد معين ومن الجزاء المالي المترتب على الإخلال بهذا الشرط. مؤداه. اتفاق الطرفين على تعديل عقد البيع الابتدائي بإسقاطه. أثره. عدم قيام هذا الشرط اعتباراً من تاريخ تسجيل عقد البيع. التزامات المشتري: مشتري العقار خلف خاص للبائع:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٤/٢٠٠٨ مدني جلسة ٢٢/١٢/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٣ ص ٤٩٤)

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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