Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2629

An unregistered commercial agency. An action concerning it shall not be heard. Law 36 of 1964 regulating commercial agencies. - Contract agency. Its nature: a contract under which a person undertakes, on a continuing basis within a specified area of activity, to solicit and negotiate the conclusion of transactions for the principal's benefit, or to conclude them and sign and perform contracts in the principal's name and for his account. The legislature's sufficiency with proof thereof in writing and its non-subjection to the registration requirement. Article 274 of the Commercial Law. - Distribution contract. Its nature: a contract under which a merchant undertakes to promote and distribute the products of an industrial or commercial establishment in a specified area, provided that he is their sole distributor. Its non-subjection to the provision of Article (274) of the Commercial Law. The implication thereof. Permissibility of proving it by all lawful means of proof. The reason therefor. Example.