Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3747

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

English translation of the principle

The agent's failure, when concluding the contract, to disclose his capacity as a representative. Type of this agency. Undisclosed agency whereby the agent lends his name to the principal. Effect of this agency. - The representative's failure to disclose his capacity when contracting, the other contracting party's lack of knowledge thereof, and that party's having a legitimate interest in not treating the contract as having been concluded with the principal. Implication. He may not be compelled to regard the contract as having been concluded by the representative in his capacity as a representative.
Arabic original
عدم إعلان الوكيل عند إبرام العقد عن صفته كنائب. نوع هذه الوكالة. وكالة مستترة بإعارة الوكيل اسمه للأصيل. أثر هذه الوكالة. - عدم إعلان النائب صفته عند التعاقد وعدم علم المتعاقد الآخر بها وكانت له مصلحة سائغة في عدم اعتبار التعاقد حاصلاً مع الأصيل. مؤداه. عدم إجباره علي اعتبار أن التعاقد حصل من النائب بصفته نائباً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٧٨/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ١١/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ١ ص ٢٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 734.

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