Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2065

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

English translation of the principle

Contracts agency. Its nature: a contract under which a person undertakes, on a continuing basis within a specified area of activity, to solicit and negotiate the conclusion of transactions in the principal’s interest, or to conclude them and sign and execute contracts in the principal’s name and for his account. The legislature’s requiring only proof in writing and not subjecting it to a registration requirement. Article 274, Commercial Law.
Arabic original
وكالة العقود. ماهيتها: عقد يتعهد بموجبه شخص بأن يتولى على وجه الاستمرار في منطقة نشاط معينة الحض والتفاوض على إبرام الصفقات لمصلحة الموكل أو إبرامها وتوقيع العقود وتنفيذها باسم الموكل ولحسابه. اكتفاء المشرع بإثبات بالكتابة وعدم خضوعها لشرط التسجيل. م ٢٧٤ ق التجارة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٣٩/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٤/٦/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ٦٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 360. PDF pages: 360.

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