Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1395

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

English translation of the principle

The Public Investment Authority and the debtor whose bankruptcy declaration is sought. They may submit proposals for a composition preventing bankruptcy to the court hearing the application for a declaration of bankruptcy. The court may reject or approve it. The condition thereof. It must be established to the court that its terms are appropriate and that one quarter of the creditors holding half of the debts have consented. A judgment's contravention thereof. It vitiates the judgment and requires its cassation (¿).
Arabic original
الهيئة العامة للاستثمار والمدين المطلوب شهر إفلاسه. جواز عرضهما على المحكمة المنظور أمامها طلب شهر الإفلاس مقترحات بشأن الصلُح الواقي منه. للمحكمة أن ترفضه أو أن توافق عليه. شرط ذلك. أن يثبت لها ملاءمة شروطه وموافقة ربع الدائنين الحائزين على نصف الديون. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه ويُوجب تمييزه (¿).
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥٢/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ٥٦٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 245. PDF pages: 245.

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