Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 171

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

English translation of the principle

Apparent agency. Its effect. It produces the same consequences as actual agency. - Apparent agency. Conditions for its establishment: the agent acts in the principal’s name without representative authority, good faith on the part of the person dealing with the agent, and an outward appearance of agency attributable to the principal that leads the third party to believe it exists. - Inferring the existence or absence of apparent agency. A matter of fact independently determined by the court determining the merits. - 34 - Civil Procedure - The worker in a shop. Acts in the name and for the account of the employer. The latter is bound by the transactions performed by the former that are required for carrying out his work, as his representative.
Arabic original
الوكالة الظاهرة. أثرها. يترتب عليها ما يترتب على الوكالة الحقيقية. - الوكالة الظاهرة. شروط تحققها : عمل الوكيل باسم الموكل دون نيابة وحسن نية من تعامل مع الوكيل، ومظهر خارجي للوكالة منسوب للموكل يعتقد الغير معه بقيامها. - استخلاص قيام الوكالة الظاهرة أو نفيها. واقع تستقل محكمة الموضوع به. - ٣٤ - المرافعات - العامل في المتجر. يعمل باسم ولحساب رب العمل. التزام الأخير بما يجريه الأول من تصرفات يستلزمها القيام بعمله باعتباره نائبا عنه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧/١٩٩١ تجاري جلسة ١٧/٥/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثالث ص١١٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 34. PDF pages: 31–32.

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