Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3541

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

English translation of the principle

The general rule in an agency, whether general or special, is that the agent's capacity is confined to carrying out the acts specified therein. It includes what its performance requires. The judgment's failure to ascertain the extent to which the agency remained effective at the time of the disposition and to address the appellant's defense that his disposition was for his principal's account. An error in the application of the law: an example.
Arabic original
الأصل في الوكالة عامة أو خاصة أن صفة الوكيل قاصرة على مباشرة الأعمال المحددة فيها. اشتمالها ما يقتضيه تنفيذها. عدم استظهار الحكم مدى سريان الوكالة وقت التصرف ومواجهة دفاع الطاعن بأن تصرفه كان لحساب موكله. خطأ في تطبيق القانون: مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٧٠/٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٦/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص١١٥٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 695.

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