Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4413

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

English translation of the principle

Assignment by the original lessee to a third party of the lease granted to him by the State. Its nature is an assignment of a right and a transfer of a debt. The assignee is considered the assignor’s successor in his rights and obligations. The State’s approval of this assignment. Its effect is the establishment of a direct relationship between it and the assignee under the same original contract, without a new contract arising.
Arabic original
تنازل المستأجر الأصلي إلى الغير عن الإيجار الصادر له من الدولة. ماهيته حوالة حق وحوالة دين. اعتبار المتنازل إليه خلفاً للمتنازل في حقوقه والتزاماته. موافقة الدولة على هذا التنازل. أثرها قيام علاقة بمباشرة بينها وبين المتنازل إليه على نفس العقد الأصلي دون نشوء عقد جديد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠٧/٨١ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٥/١٩٨٢ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٣٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 868.

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