Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3678

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

English translation of the principle

Liquidation of a company. Its effect. The cessation of its manager’s capacity to represent it and his replacement by the liquidator, who alone has standing to represent it before the courts. The implication of that. Termination of the powers of attorney issued by the company’s manager authorizing lawyers to appear on its behalf before the courts. The lawyer who brings the cassation appeal and signs its petition must be authorized by that liquidator; otherwise, it is brought by a person lacking standing.
Arabic original
تصفية الشركة. أثره. زوال صفة مديرها في تمثيلها وحلول المصفي محله ولَه وحده الصفة في تمثيلها أمام القضاء. مؤدى ذلك. انقضاء التوكيلات الصادرة من مدير الشركة بتفويض المحامين بالحضور عنها أمام المحاكم ويجب أن يكون المحامي الذي يرفع الطعن بالتمييز وتوقيع صحيفته مفوضاً من ذلك المصفي وإلا كان مقاماً من غير ذي صفة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧١٨/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٢١/٤/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ٦٥٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 722.

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