Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3009

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

English translation of the principle

The unauthorised intermeddler under the Majalla of Judicial Provisions. Its meaning. The sale concluded by such a person is suspended and ineffective because a third-party right attaches to it. Articles 111, 112 of the Majalla. - The unauthorised intermeddler has no authority under Sharia over the subject matter of the contract. Rescission of the contract. Its effect. The buyer returns the thing sold if it has been received, and the seller returns the price without any increase if it has been received. The reason therefor. Contractual liability does not require an equivalent or the value, but requires restitution without regard to equivalence between the consideration and that for which it was given, or to the value of that for which it was given the judgment of rescission. Nullity and annulment of the contract of sale:
Arabic original
الفضولي في مجلة الأحكام العدلية. ماهيته. البيع الذي يبرمه موقوف غير نافذ لتعلق حق الغير به. المادتان ١١١، ١١٢ من المجلة. - الفضولي ليس له ولاية شرعاً على محل العقد. فسخ العقد. أثره. رد المشتري المبيع إن كان قد تسلمه ورد البائع الثمن دون زيادة إن كان قد قبضه. علة ذلك. ضمان العقد لا يُوجب المثل أو القيمة بل يُوجب الرد دون نظر للمماثلة بين العوض والمعوض عنه أو قيمة المعوض عنه الحكم بالفسخ. بطلان عقد البيع وإبطاله:
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٥١٧، ٥٤٧، ٥٥١، ٥٥٣، ٥٧٥/٢٠٠٤ مدني جلسة ٢/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٦٩٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 588.

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