Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 225

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

English translation of the principle

Contract agency. Its nature: a contract under which a person undertakes, on a continuing basis in a specified area of activity, to solicit and negotiate the conclusion of transactions in the principal’s interest, or to conclude them and sign and perform contracts in the principal’s name and for his account. The legislature’s requiring only written proof thereof and not subjecting it to a registration requirement. Article 274 of the Commercial Code.
Arabic original
وكالة العقود. ماهيتها : عقد يتعهد بموجبه شخص بأن يتولى على وجه الاستمرار في منطقة نشاط معينة الحض والتفاوض على إبرام الصفقات لمصلحة الموكل أو إبرامها وتوقيع العقود وتنفيذها باسم الموكل ولحسابه. اكتفاء المشرع بإثباتها بالكتابة وعدم خضوعها لشرط التسجيل. م ٢٧٤ ق التجارة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٣٩/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٤/٦/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الحادي عشر ص٦٦٤)

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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