Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 148
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The agent’s conclusion of the contract in circumstances indicating, by virtue of his position, that he has the right to agree to the arbitration clause. Negating this appearance and negating the agent’s exceeding the bounds of the agency. The burden of proving it rests on the principal.
Arabic original
إبرام الوكيل للعقد في ظروف تنبئ بحكم وظيفته بأن له الحق في الموافقة على شرط التحكيم. نفي هذا الظاهر ونفي تجاوز الوكيل حدود الوكالة. عبء إثباته على الموكل.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٤٦/١٩٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٥/٣/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثالث ص١٠٤٤)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 31. PDF pages: 28.
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