Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3144

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

English translation of the principle

A creditor's request that his debtor's disposition be ineffective against him. Its condition: his right must be due for payment and have arisen before that disposition, and the disposition must be prejudicial to the creditor. What is meant by a disposition prejudicial to the creditor. The debtor's fraud or the transferee's good faith is not a condition for a gratuitous disposition to be ineffective against the creditor. - The existence of evidence that the disposition would render the debtor insolvent or increase his insolvency. Its assessment is a matter for the court of merits. Condition thereof. An example of reasonable reasoning for the ineffectiveness of a gift contract.
Arabic original
طلب الدائن عدم نفاذ تصرف مدينه في حقه. شرطه: أن يكون حقه حال الأداء سابق في نشوئه على هذا التصرف وأن يكون ضاراً بالدائن. المقصود بالتصرف الضار بالدائن. غش المدين أو حسن نية المتصرف إليه ليس شرطاً لعدم نفاذ التصرف الذي يكون على سبيل التبرع في حق الدائن. - قيام الدليل على أن التصرف من شأنه إعسار المدين أو يزيد من إعساره. تقديره موضوعي. شرط ذلك. مثال لتسبيب سائغ لعدم نفاذ عقد هبة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٢٧/٢٠٠٦ مدني جلسة ١١/٤/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٢ ص ٣٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 613.

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