Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2490

Transfer of ownership of real property. Deferred until registration occurs and effective from its date. Its effect. Registration is decisive. Its consequence. Priority of the registered contract over the earlier private contract. - Action for validity and enforceability of a sale contract. Its purpose. Specific performance of the seller's obligations to transfer ownership of the sold item and obtaining a judgment whose registration substitutes for registration of the contract in transferring ownership. Its consequence. Granting the purchaser's request. Its condition. That transfer of ownership to him and registration of the judgment to be issued be possible. - The seller's disposition of the sold real property to another by a registered contract before issuance of the judgment. Its effect. Not granting the purchaser's request for validity and enforceability of his purchase contract.