Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3722

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

English translation of the principle

Apparent agency. Its effect. It produces the same effects as actual agency. - Apparent agency. Conditions for its establishment: the agent acts in the principal's name without authority of representation, the person dealing with the agent acts in good faith, and an outward appearance of agency attributable to the principal leads the third party to believe that it exists. - Determining the existence or absence of apparent agency. A matter of fact exclusively for the court of merits. - The worker in the shop. Acts in the name and for the account of the employer. The latter is bound by the dispositions undertaken by the former as required for the performance of his work, in his capacity as the latter's representative.
Arabic original
الوكالة الظاهرة. أثرها. يترتب عليها ما يترتب على الوكالة الحقيقية. - الوكالة الظاهرة. شروط تحققها : عمل الوكيل باسم الموكل دون نيابة وحسن نية من تعامل مع الوكيل، ومظهر خارجي للوكالة منسوب للموكل يعتقد الغير معه بقيامها. - استخلاص قيام الوكالة الظاهرة أو نفيها. واقع تستقل محكمة الموضوع به. - العامل في المتجر. يعمل باسم ولحساب رب العمل. التزام الأخير بما يجريه الأول من تصرفات يستلزمها القيام بعمله باعتباره نائبا عنه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧/٩١ تجاري جلسة ١٧/٥/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ١١٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 730.

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