Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2143

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

English translation of the principle

Rendition of a judgment declaring bankruptcy. Its effect: divesting the bankrupt, from its date, of the administration of all his assets, whether or not related to his business. The reason: all his assets secure payment of his debts, and his patrimony is indivisible. This includes assets devolving upon him while he is in a state of bankruptcy, and he may not pursue actions relating to them except those confined to conservatory measures in which taking the initiative benefits his creditors and does not harm them. - Lodging a cassation challenge by the appellant after the judgment declaring his bankruptcy, rather than by the bankruptcy administrator. Its effect. Inadmissibility of the challenge. The reason for this. - Award of costs:-
Arabic original
صدور حكم شهر الإفلاس. أثره: غل يد المفلس من تاريخه عن إدارة جميع أمواله سواء كانت متعلقة بتجارته أم لا. علة ذلك: أن أمواله كلها ضامنة للوفاء بما عليه من ديون وذمته المالية لا تتجزأ. شمول ذلك للأموال التي تؤول إليه وهو في حالة الإفلاس ولا يجوز له مباشرة الدعاوي المتعلقة بها إلا ما يكون قاصراً على نطاق الإجراءات التحفظية التي تفيد المبادرة فيها دائنيه ولا تضرهم. - التقرير بالطعن بالتمييز من الطاعن بعد الحكم بشهر إفلاسه دون مدير التفليسة. أثره. عدم قبول الطعن. علة ذلك. - الحكم بالمصروفات:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥١٣/٢٠٠٨ تجاري جلسة ١٦/٣/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٨ ج١ ص٢٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 353. PDF pages: 350.

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