Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 230

Commercial contract agency. Its basis in the concept of representation. The agent therein represents the principal in concluding the transaction. His observance of its limits. Its effect: the establishment of a relationship, with all its effects, between the principal and the third party contracting with him; no legal relationship links the agent to the latter, and no rights or obligations accrue to him. - A foreign company's conduct of commercial activity itself, independently of its commercial agent. Its effect: the agent is not considered its representative in actions brought by or against it. Example. - A commercial agent is, as a general rule, not liable out of his own assets for the effects of transactions he undertakes for the principal's account.