Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1557

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

English translation of the principle

The prohibition on a limited liability company conducting insurance and credit operations and investing the funds of others. The reason for this prohibition. - The documents of a limited liability company must contain particulars leaving no doubt as to its type, identity and capital. Omission of these particulars. It does not entail the company’s nullity, but entails the liability of its manager towards third parties out of his own assets, jointly and severally alongside its liability. - 272 - Commercial - Recourse by a third party against the manager of a limited liability company when he omits the particulars pertaining to its documents. Its condition. Establishment of the insufficiency of the company’s assets. An example.
Arabic original
حظر قيام الشركة ذات المسؤولية المحدودة بعمليات التأمين والائتمان واستثمار مال الغير. علة هذا الحظر. - وجوب تضمن أوراق الشركة ذات المسؤولية المحدودة البيانات التي لا تدع شكاً حول نوعها وذاتيتها ورأسمالها. إغفال هذه البيانات. لا يرتب بطلان الشركة وإنما يرتب مسئولية مديرها في ماله الخاص تجاه الغير بجانب مسئوليتها بالتضامن. - ٢٧٢ - تجاري - رجوع الغير على مدير الشركة ذات المسئولية المحدودة عند إغفاله البيانات الخاصة بأوراقها. شرطه. ثبوت عدم كفاية أموال الشركة. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠١/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ١/٤/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 272. PDF pages: 272–273.

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