Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 933

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

English translation of the principle

The presumption concerning actions is that their value is ascertainable. An action for the validity, avoidance, or rescission of a contract is valued at the value of its subject matter. An action for rescission of a contract between its parties. Intervention by another person seeking its dismissal on the ground that rescission would affect rights necessarily includes a claim for the validity of that contract, whose value is assessed at the value of the subject matter contracted for.
Arabic original
الأصل في الدعاوى أنها معلومة القيمة. دعوى صحة أو إبطال أو فسخ العقد تقدر بقيمة المعقود عليه. قيام دعوى فسخ عقد بين طرفيه. تدخل آخر طالباً رفضها على أساس أن الفسخ يترتب عليه مساس بحقوق يتضمن بالضرورة طلب صحة ذلك العقد تقدر قيمته بقيمة المتعاقد عليه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٨/١٩٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/١١/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول المجلد الثاني ص١١٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 178. PDF pages: 175.

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