Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 194
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The agent’s failure, when concluding the contract, to disclose his capacity as representative. The type of this agency. An undisclosed agency whereby the agent lends his name to the principal. The effect of this agency. - The representative’s failure to disclose his capacity when contracting, the other contracting party’s lack of knowledge thereof, and that party’s having a legitimate interest in not treating the contract as concluded with the principal. Its import. He may not be compelled to regard the contract as having been concluded by the representative in his capacity as representative. - Insurance agency:-
Arabic original
عدم إعلان الوكيل عند إبرام العقد عن صفته كنائب. نوع هذه الوكالة. وكالة مستترة بإعارة الوكيل اسمه للأصيل. أثر هذه الوكالة. - عدم إعلان النائب صفته عند التعاقد وعدم علم المتعاقد الآخر بها وكانت له مصلحة سائغة في عدم اعتبار التعاقد حاصلاً مع الأصيل. مؤداه. عدم إجباره علي اعتبار أن التعاقد حصل من النائب بصفته نائباً. - وكالة التأمين:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٧٧٨/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ١١/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص٢٧٢)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 38. PDF pages: 35.
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