Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1492

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

English translation of the principle

The rule is that trading in shares of joint-stock companies takes place by commercial methods without following the procedures for assignment of rights. The condition for the assignment to take effect is the company’s acceptance or its notification. The effect of this is termination of shareholder status in the company - 260 - Commercial and substitution of the transferee in all rights and duties. Invoking the transfer against the company. Its condition. - The judgment’s disregard upon the plea of loss of standing through transfer of the share to a third party and its entry in the shareholders’ register. An error.
Arabic original
الأصل أن التداول في أسهم الشركات المساهمة يتم بالطرق التجارية دون اتباع إجراءات حوالة الحق. شرط نفاذ الحوالة قبول الشركة أو إعلانها. أثر ذلك زوال صفة المساهمة في الشركة - ٢٦٠ - تجاري وحلول المتنازل إليه في كافة الحقوق والواجبات. الاحتجاج بالتنازل قبل الشركة. شرطه. - التفات الحكم عند الدفع بزوال الصفة في التنازل عن السهم للغير وقيده في سجل المساهمين. خطأ.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٥٢/٨٩ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٦/١٩٩٠ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 260. PDF pages: 260–261.

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