Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 855

Leasing commonly owned property. A right of the majority of co-owners. A lease of the entire property or a segregated portion thereof granted by a co-owner who does not hold a majority of the shares. Valid and effective between him and his lessee, but not as against the remaining co-owners unless the majority ratifies it expressly or implicitly. This is fulfilled by their not objecting to what their co-owner has done. He is deemed in this case to act on their behalf. - Establishment that the lease was concluded between the appellant as lessee and the respondent as lessor. Inclusion in the contract of - 163 - Civil Procedure authorization of the latter to undertake litigation procedures concerning disputes arising from it. The challenged judgment's conclusion rejecting the plea of inadmissibility of the action for having been brought by a person without full standing. Correct.