Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 155

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

English translation of the principle

The agent acting without representative authority. The disposition he concludes with a third party does not take effect in respect of the principal, even if the third party acts in good faith believing that he is acting within the bounds of his representative authority. The existence of an outward appearance attributable to the principal supporting good faith and capable of inducing contracting. The agent’s disposition taking effect in respect of the principal by virtue of apparent agency. Condition thereof. Article 557 of the Commercial Code. - 32 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
عمل الوكيل دون نيابة. التصرف الذي يبرمه مع الغير لا ينصرف أثره إلى الموكل ولو كان الغير حسن النية يعتقد أنه يعمل في حدود نيابته. وجود مظهر خارجي منسوب إلى الموكل يدعم حسن النية من شأنه أن يدفع إلى التعاقد. انصراف أثر تصرف الوكيل إلى الموكل بموجب الوكالة الظاهرة. شرط ذلك. م ٥٥٧ من قانون التجارة. - ٣٢ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

( الطعن ٥٥/١٩٧٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/٦/١٩٧٩ مج ٧ س ص ٢٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 32. PDF pages: 29.

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