Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2392

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

English translation of the principle

A person contracting on his own behalf assuming specified obligations which he undertakes to perform for a third party. Permissible. That person may be individually unidentified at the time of the stipulation, provided that identification is possible subsequently. The beneficiary may have recourse against the promisor in his own name and by a direct action based on the contract containing the stipulation. - 449 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
تحمل المتعاقد عن نفسه بالتزامات معينة يتعهد بأدائها لشخص من الغير. جائز. جواز أن يكون هذا الشخص غير معين بالذات عند الاشتراط مادام أن ذلك ممكن فيما بعد. جواز رجوع المستفيد على المتعهد باسمه هو وبدعوى مباشرة استناداً إلى عقد الاشتراط. - ٤٤٩ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣/١٩٩٣ عمالي جلسة ١٨/٤/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٩٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 449. PDF pages: 446.

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