Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2918

Contracts creating and transferring principal rights in rem over real property, including ownership. They remain consensual contracts after the entry into force of the provisions of Law No. 5 of 1959 concerning real estate registration. Deferral of the transfer of ownership until after registration. The transferor remains obliged to create the right or transfer it to the transferor obliged to create the right or transfer it to the transferee. The transferor may not, even before registration, claim ownership of the real property disposed of as against the transferee, or dispute with him that right or the compensation assessed in lieu of its expropriation. - Expropriation of land sold under an unregistered preliminary sale contract. The purchaser's entitlement to the alternative plot - 568 - Sale allocated by the State in return for its acquisition of the sold real property. The seller's dispute with him over this compensation in kind. Impermissible. A judgment's contravention of this. An error in the application of the law necessitating its cassation. - See also: The obligation concerning the purchaser's right to compensation for expropriation. Sale of small vessels: