Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2283
State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
A person who contracts with himself. He may agree with his contracting party that the latter shall assume specific obligations which he undertakes to perform for a third party (the beneficiary). The latter may be a person not individually identified at the time of the stipulation, if he can be identified when the promisor is required to provide him with the stipulated benefit. The beneficiary has a direct action against the promisor to recover his right. An example.
Arabic original
الشخص الذي يتعاقد مع نفسه. جواز اتفاقه مع المتعاقد معه على أن يتحمل بالتزامات معينة يتعهد بأدائها لشخص من الغير (المنتفع). ويجوز أن يكون الأخير شخصاً غير معين بذاته عند الاشتراط. إذا كان من الممكن تعيينه عندما يتوجب على المتعهد أن يؤدي له المنفعة المشترطة له. وللمنتفع دعوى مباشرة قبل المتعهد لاسترداد حقه. مثال.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٧٠٠/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/٦/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٠٣)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 397. PDF pages: 397.
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