Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3456

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

English translation of the principle

A contracting party’s right to refrain from performing his obligation if the other contracting party does not perform what he has undertaken. A general rule applicable to both parties to a contract for works. - The employer’s defence that the contractor breached his obligation. Its implication. The contractor is not entitled to remuneration. The judgment’s characterization of this defence as a plea of statutory set-off. Error.
Arabic original
حق المتعاقد في الامتناع عن الوفاء بالتزامه إذا لم يقم المتعاقد الآخر بالوفاء بما التزم به. قاعدة عامة تطبق على طرفي عقد المقاولة. - دفاع صاحب العمل بإخلال المقاول بالتزامه. مؤداه. عدم استحقاق المقاول للأجر. تكييف الحكم لهذا الدفاع بأنه دفع بالمقاصة القانونية. خطأ.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٧/٨٧ تجاري جلسة ٥/٧/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٨١٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 682.

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