Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2877

The appellant’s reliance on his agreement with the previous female owner that she would be obligated and liable for debts predating her transfer of the establishment, including the debt in dispute, and that the agreement was entered in the commercial register, and his substantiation thereof with documents. The challenged judgment’s ruling obligating the appellant to pay the debt on the basis that no proof had been submitted of the registration of the previous owner’s undertaking in the commercial register. This renders it defective and requires its cassation. Universal succession and particular succession: