Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2031

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

English translation of the principle

Apparent agency. Its effect. It produces the same effects as actual agency. - Apparent agency. Conditions for its existence: the agent acts in the principal's name without representative authority, the person dealing with the agent acts in good faith, and there is an outward appearance of agency attributable to the principal leading third parties to believe it exists. - Inferring the existence or absence of apparent agency. A question of fact independently determined by the trial court. - A worker in a shop acts in the name and for the account of the employer. The latter is bound by the dispositions undertaken by the former that are required for the performance of his work as his representative.
Arabic original
الوكالة الظاهرة. أثرها. يترتب عليها ما يترتب على الوكالة الحقيقية. - الوكالة الظاهرة. شروط تحققها: عمل الوكيل باسم الموكل دون نيابة وحسن نية من تعامل مع الوكيل ومظهر خارجي للوكالة منسوب للموكل يعتقد الغير معه بقيامها. - استخلاص قيام الوكالة الظاهرة أو نفيها. واقع تستقل محكمة الموضوع به. - العامل في المتجر يعمل باسم ولحساب رب العمل. التزام الأخير بما يجريه الأول من تصرفات يستلزمها القيام بعمله بإعتباره نائباً عنه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٨٩/١٩٩٧ إداري جلسة ٦/١٢/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ١٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 355. PDF pages: 355.

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