Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3602

The agent is obliged to perform what he has undertaken in good faith. His breach of this duty. His intention must be thwarted. His appropriating for himself something he was authorized to do for his principal’s account. Legally impermissible. - The agent’s concluding a contract in the principal’s name exceeding the limits of his agency. The effects of this contract do not accrue to the latter unless he ratifies it. - 706 - Agency - Establishment that the agency contract permits the agent to sell, purchase and mortgage real estate on the principal’s behalf. His disposition must be in the principal’s interest and not in his personal interest. His selling the principal’s share in a property to himself without being authorized to do so. This disposition is not effective against the latter unless he approves it. Contravention thereof. An error in the application of the law.