Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1415

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

English translation of the principle

A requirement of formality in a contract. The necessity of satisfying it in a contract promising to enter into it and in subsequent agreements modifying its effects, unless the law provides or the nature of the transaction permits otherwise. - A requirement of formality in a company's memorandum of association. Its encompassing its memorandum of association, an agreement amending it, or the assignment of partners' interests in it. Failure to comply with the formality, its effect, absolute nullity.
Arabic original
إشتراط الشكلية في عقد ما. ضرورة تحققها في عقد الوعد به والاتفاقات اللاحقة المعدلة لآثاره ما لم ينص القانون أو تسمح طبيعة المعاملة بغيره. - إشتراط الشكلية في عقد تأسيس الشركة. شمول ذلك عقد تأسيسها أو عقد تعديلها أو التنازل عن حصص الشركاء فيها. تخلف الشكلية، أثره، البطلان المطلق.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢٨/٨٥ تجاري جلسة ١٨/٢/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 250. PDF pages: 250.

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