Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3225

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

English translation of the principle

Expiry of the specified lease term. Its effect. Termination of the lease without need for notice. The lessee’s continued enjoyment of the property constitutes usurpation. His continued enjoyment with the lessor’s knowledge and without objection from him constitutes a new lease. - Notice to vacate. A presumption that the intention of the contracting party who gave it is not directed towards tacit renewal. The burden of proving the contrary falls upon whoever alleges it. - Inferring the lessor’s knowledge or lack of knowledge and his objection to the lessee’s continued enjoyment of the leased property after expiry of the lease term. Within the authority of the trial court so long as it is based on grounds justifying it.
Arabic original
انقضاء المدة المحددة للإيجار. أثره. انتهاء الإيجار دون حاجة إلى تنبيه. بقاء المستأجر منتفعاً بالعين غصب. بقاؤه منتفعاً بعلم المؤجر دون اعتراض منه يكون إيجاراً جديداً. - التنبيه بالإخلاء. قرينة على أن نية المتعاقد الذي وجهه لا تنصرف إلى التجديد الضمني. عبء إثبات عكسها على عاتق من يدعيه. - استخلاص علم المؤجر أو عدم علمه واعتراضه على بقاء المستأجر منتفعاً بالمأجور بعد انقضاء مدة الإيجار. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع ما دام مستنداً إلى ما يبرره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٥/٩٠ مدني جلسة ٢٧/١/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٧٧٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 633.

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