Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4378

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

English translation of the principle

Property owners’ entitlement to compensation for the expropriation of their properties under the provisions governing tort liability. Its prerequisite. The administration’s failure to take the legal procedures, whereby its seizure constitutes usurpation.
Arabic original
استحقاق اصحاب العقارات للتعويض عن نزع ملكية عقاراتهم وفق احكام المسئولية التقصيرية مناطه. عدم اتخاذ الادارة الإجراءات القانونية مما يعد معه استيلاؤها غصبا.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٣٨، ٢٤٣/٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٦/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٨٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 861.

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