Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3781

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

English translation of the principle

Contract agency. Its nature: a contract whereby a person undertakes, on a continuing basis within a specified area of activity, to solicit and negotiate the conclusion of transactions in the principal's interest, or to conclude them and sign and perform contracts in the principal's name and for his account. The legislature's requiring only that it be evidenced in writing and not subjecting it to a registration requirement. Article 274 of the Commercial Law. - 741 - Agency
Arabic original
وكالة العقود. ماهيتها : عقد يتعهد بموجبه شخص بأن يتولى على وجه الاستمرار في منطقة نشاط معينة الحض والتفاوض على إبرام الصفقات لمصلحة الموكل أو إبرامها وتوقيع العقود وتنفيذها باسم الموكل ولحسابه. اكتفاء المشرع بإثباتها بالكتابة وعدم خضوعها لشرط التسجيل. م ٢٧٤ ق التجارة. - 741 - وكالة
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٣٩/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٤/٦/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ٦٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 741.

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