Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 172

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

English translation of the principle

Apparent agency. The conditions for its establishment: the agent’s acting in the principal’s name without authority to represent him; the good faith of the person dealing with the agent, regardless of the agent’s good faith; and an outward appearance of agency attributable to the principal leading third parties to believe that it exists.
Arabic original
الوكالة الظاهرة. شرط تحققها : عمل الوكيل باسم الموكل دون نيابة وحسن نية من تعامل مع الوكيل بصرف النظر عن حسن نية الوكيل ومظهر خارجي للوكالة منسوب للموكل يعتقد الغير معه بقيامها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٩/١٩٨٩ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/١٢/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثالث ص١١٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 35. PDF pages: 32.

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