Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1502

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

English translation of the principle

Transfer of ownership of company shares. Its condition. Their registration in the shareholders' register and with the company by the competent employee in the presence of the transferor and transferee. The reason therefor. Protection of the company and third parties against multiple dispositions that the owner of registered shares may make in favour of more than one transferee, resulting in competing claims to their ownership.
Arabic original
انتقال ملكية أسهم الشركات. شرطه. قيدها في سجل المساهمين ولدى الشركة بمعرفة الموظف المختص في حضور المتصرف والمتصرف إليه. علة ذلك. حماية الشركة والغير من تعدد التصرفات التي قد تصدر من مالك الأسهم الإسمية لأكثر من متصرف إليه مما يؤدي إلى تزاحمهم في ملكيتها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٨٨/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 262. PDF pages: 262.

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