Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1754

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

English translation of the principle

The principle is that trading in shares of shareholding companies occurs through commercial methods without following the procedures for assignment of rights. A shareholder’s transfer of his shares to a third party. Accomplished by mere agreement. The effect of this. Termination of the shareholder’s status in the company and substitution of the transferee in all his rights and obligations. Invoking the transfer against the company. Its condition. - Once the transfer is completed with all its requirements satisfied, there is no basis for the company’s approval or obtaining a licence.
Arabic original
الأصل أن التداول في أسهم الشركات المساهمة يتم بالطرق التجارية دون اتباع إجراءات حوالة الحق. تنازل المساهم عن أسهمه للغير. تحققه بمجرد الاتفاق. أثر ذلك. زوال صفة المساهم في الشركة وحلول المتنازل إليه في كافة حقوقه وواجباته. الاحتجاج بالتنازل قبل الشركة. شرطه. - متى تم التنازل مستوفياً شرائطه فلا محل لموافقة الشركة أو الحصول على ترخيص.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٣١، ١٤٥/١٩٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/١/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ١٤٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 305. PDF pages: 305.

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