Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 130

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The general rule is that the law applies with immediate effect. - Contractual legal positions are governed by the old law under which the contract was concluded. Condition thereof: that the new law has not subjected those legal positions to mandatory rules or concerned a procedural rule.
Arabic original
الأصل أن القانون يسري بأثر فوري. - خضوع المراكز القانونية الاتفاقية للقانون القديم الذي تم العقد في ظله. شرط ذلك: ألا يكون القانون الجديد قد أخضع تلك المراكز القانونية لقواعد آمرة أو تعلق بقاعدة إجرائية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٢/١٩٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٨/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الخامس ص ٧١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 361. PDF pages: 355.

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