Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3058

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

English translation of the principle

The unauthorized intervener under the Majalla of Judicial Provisions. His nature. The sale he concludes is suspended and ineffective because a third party's right attaches thereto. Articles 111, 112 of the Majalla. - The unauthorized intervener 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 he has received it, and the seller returns the price without increase if he has received it. The rationale therefor. Contractual liability does not require an equivalent or - 596 - Sale the value, but requires restitution without regard to equivalence between the consideration and what is given in exchange therefor, or the value of what is given in exchange therefor the judgment of rescission.
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 - 596 - بيع القيمة بل يُوجب الرد دون نظر للمماثلة بين العوض والمعوض عنه أو قيمة المعوض عنه الحكم بالفسخ.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٥١٧، ٥٤٧، ٥٥١، ٥٣٣، ٥٧٥/٢٠٠٤ مدني جلسة ٢/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 596–597.

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