Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3636

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

English translation of the principle

Agency is a contract whereby the principal appoints another person in the principal's place to carry out a legal act. Its effect. The effects of a contract concluded by the agent with a third party within the limits of the agency attach to the principal. - Successive agencies, in each of which the agent is authorized to appoint another agent for what the agent was entrusted with. The contract concluded by the last agent. Its effects attach to the principal. The rationale. The last agent is regarded as an agent of the original principal in order to protect third parties acting in good faith.
Arabic original
الوكالة عقد يقيم الموكل شخصاً آخر مقام نفسه في مباشرة تصرف قانوني. أثره. انصراف آثار التعاقد الذي يجريه الوكيل في حدود وكالته مع الغير إلى الموكل. - توالي الوكالات المأذون في كل منها للوكيل أن يوكل غيره فيما وكل هو فيه. العقد الذي يبرمه الأخير. تنصرف آثاره للموكل. علة ذلك. اعتبار الوكيل الأخير وكيلاً عن الأصيل حماية للغير حسن النية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٦/٨٩ تجاري جلسة ١١/٢/١٩٩٠ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص١٠٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 713.

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