Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 208

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

English translation of the principle

Contract agency is a form of commercial agency. Its nature. It is a contract whereby a person undertakes, on a continuing basis, to endeavour within a particular area of activity to conclude contracts for the benefit of the other contracting party in return for remuneration. He may be authorised by the principal to conclude contracts, or his task may be confined to receiving offers and forwarding them to the principal so that the latter contracts directly with the customer. Example.
Arabic original
وكالة العقود صورة من صور الوكالة التجارية. ماهيتها. هى عقد يتعهد بموجبه شخص بأن يتولى على وجه الاستمرار السعي في منطقة نشاط معينة إلى إبرام عقود لمصلحة المتعاقد الآخر مقابل أجر. وهو قد يكون مفوضاً من الموكل في إبرام العقود أو تقتصر مهمته على تلقى العروض وإرسالها إلى الموكل ليتعاقد الأخير مع العميل مباشرة. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٣٦/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ١٨/٣/٢٠٠٦ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٤ ج١ ص٢٢٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 41. PDF pages: 38.

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