Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1703

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

English translation of the principle

Limited liability companies. The particulars relating to their name, address, contracts, invoices, advertisements, papers, and printed materials. Failure of all their papers to bear those particulars. Its effect. Their managers incur liability toward third parties out of their own assets. - Managers' liability. Its criterion. A third party's mistake concerning the company's legal nature, and damage resulting from that mistake to the third party acting in good faith. - 297 - Commercial - The burden of proving the third party's knowledge that they were dealing with a limited liability company and proving their bad faith. It rests with the companies' managers.
Arabic original
الشركات ذات المسئولية المحدودة. البيانات المتعلقة باسمها وعنوانها وعقودها وفواتيرها وإعلاناتها وأوراقها ومطبوعاتها. عدم حمل جميع أوراقها تلك البيانات. أثره. ترتب مسئولية مديريها من مالهم الخاص تجاه الغير. - مسئولية المديرين. مناطها. وقوع الغير في خطأ بشأن طبيعة الشركة القانونية وترتب على هذا الخطأ ضرر للغير حسن النية. - ٢٩٧ - تجاري - عبء إثبات علم الغير بتعامله مع شركة ذات مسئولية محدودة وإثبات سوء نيته. وقوعه على مديري الشركات.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٩، ١٣١/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ١٠/١١/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٧٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 297. PDF pages: 297–298.

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