Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 222

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

English translation of the principle

Commission agency and contract agency. Their nature and the distinction between them. - Characterizing the contract, determining whether it is a commission agency or a contract agency, and determining the rights of its two parties. The determining factors are the contractual provisions and the common intention of the contracting parties at the time of concluding the agreement. - Establishment that the appellant bank is an ordinary sales agent. The challenged judgment's rejection of its plea that the action is inadmissible because it was brought against a party lacking standing, on the basis that it is a commission agent to whom the effects of the contract accrue. Error and contradiction of what is established in the papers.
Arabic original
الوكالة بالعمولة ووكالة العقود. ماهيتهما والفرق بينهما. - تكييف العقد وما إذا كان وكالة بالعمولة أو وكالة عقود وتحديد حقوق طرفيه. العبرة فيه بنصوص العقد والقصد المشترك الذي انصرفت إليه نية المتعاقدين وقت إبرام الاتفاق. - ثبوت أن البنك الطاعن وكيل عادي بالبيع. قضاء الحكم المطعون فيه برفض الدفع المبدي منه بعدم قبول الدعوى لرفعها على غير ذي صفة استناداً إلى أنه وكيلاً بالعمولة تنصرف إليه آثار العقد. خطأ ومخالفة للثابت في الأوراق.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٥٩/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٤/٥/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الحادي عشر ص٦٦٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 44. PDF pages: 41.

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