Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1694

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

English translation of the principle

Liquidation of a company. Its effect. Termination of its manager's capacity to represent it and his replacement by the liquidator, who alone has capacity to represent it before the courts. The consequence. Termination of powers of attorney issued by the company's manager authorising lawyers to appear for it before the courts. The lawyer filing the cassation appeal and signing its petition must be authorised by that liquidator; otherwise, it is brought by a person lacking standing.
Arabic original
تصفية الشركة. أثره. زوال صفة مديرها في تمثيلها وحلول المصفي محله وله وحده الصفة في تمثيلها أمام القضاء. مؤدى ذلك. انقضاء التوكيلات الصادرة من مدير الشركة بتفويض المحامين بالحضور عنها أمام المحاكم ويجب أن يكون المحامي الذي يرفع الطعن بالتمييز وتوقيع صحيفته مفوضاً من ذلك المصفي وإلا كان مقاماً من غير ذي صفة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧١٨/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٢١/٤/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ١٣٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 296. PDF pages: 296.

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