Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4593

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

English translation of the principle

The Municipality's obligation to pay expropriation compensation to those entitled to it. Its subject matter. Is payment of a sum of money, and its source is the law. The Municipality's delay in fulfilling this obligation. Its effect. The creditor's entitlement to compensation therefor. The basis for this. Article 306 of the Civil Code. What is required for entitlement to compensation. The creditor must suffer unusual damage of an exceptional nature. Mere deprivation of a sum of money that the creditor would have invested is insufficient to establish damage. An example.
Arabic original
التزام البلدية بأداء مقابل نزع الملكية إلى مستحقيه. محله. هو أداء مبلغ من النقود ومصدره هو القانون. تأخر البلدية عن الوفاء بهذا الالتزام. أثره. استحقاق الدائن للتعويض عنه. أساس ذلك. م ٣٠٦ من ق المدني. ما يشترط لاستحقاق التعويض. أن يلحق الدائن ضرراً غير مألوف له صفة الاستثناء. مجرد حرمان الدائن من مبلغ من المال كان سيستثمره لا يكفي لتحقق الضرر. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٣/٩٧ مدني جلسة ٢٧/٤/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٦١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 905.

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