Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3907

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

English translation of the principle

The general rule is that the attaching creditor does not alone have exclusive entitlement to the enforcement proceeds; rather, those who attach after him share therein. The condition for this: the later attachment must precede the moment of attachment of money held by the debtor, the sale of the attached property, or the expiry of a period of ten days from the date of the declaration of indebtedness in an attachment of the debtor's property held by a third party. Article 282 of the Law of Procedure. An example of treating the appellant as a third party in relation to enforcement proceedings because he levied attachment after completion of the sale. - Impossibility of enforcement:-
Arabic original
الأصل أن الحاجز لا يختص وحده بحصيلة التنفيذ بل يشاركه فيها من حجز بعده. شرط ذلك: أن يكون الحجز الأخير قبل لحظة الحجز على نقود لدى المدين أو بيع المال المحجوز أو انقضاء فترة عشرة أيام من تاريخ التقرير بما في الذمة في حجز ما للمدين لدى الغير. م ٢٨٢ مرافعات. مثال لاعتبار الطاعن من الغير بالنسبة لإجراءات التنفيذ لتوقيعه الحجز بعد تمام البيع. - استحالة التنفيذ:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٤/٢٠٠٣ مدني جلسة ١/٣/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الخامس ص٥٣٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 680. PDF pages: 677.

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