Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1138

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The shipowner is liable for the contractual obligations entered into by the master for the ship toward a third party acting in good faith who does not know of the ship’s chartering or could not have known of it, whether the owner is himself the ship’s operator or has chartered it to another to fit it out. An example.
Arabic original
مالك السفينة هو المسئول عن الالتزامات العقدية التي يبرمها الربان من أجل السفينة قبل الغير حسن النية الذي لا يعلم بتأجير السفينة أو لم يكن بمقدوره أن يعلم ذلك سواء كان هو المجهز للسفينة أم كان قد أجرها للغير لتجيهزها.مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥/١٩٧٩ تجاري جلسة ٢٣/٥/١٩٧٩ - مج ٧ س ص ٢٦١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 206. PDF pages: 206.

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