Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 95

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

English translation of the principle

The agent’s exceeding the limits of the agency and concluding a contract in the principal’s name. Its effect: the rights and obligations arising from the contract are not attributed to the principal except upon the principal’s ratification.
Arabic original
خروج الوكيل عن حدود الوكالة وإبرامه عقداً باسم الأصيل. أثره: عدم إضافة ما ينشأ عن العقد من حقوق والتزامات للأصيل إلا بإجازته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٦٧، ٢٧١/١٩٩٩ مدني جلسة ٨/١٠/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد السادس ص٧٨٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 21. PDF pages: 18.

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