Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 233

The prohibition on a non-Kuwaiti engaging in commerce except with a Kuwaiti partner or partners holding at least 51%. The legislature's aim in this prohibition. Protecting local commerce and safeguarding national commercial activity from competition by the foreign element. This pertains to public policy. Agreement to contravene this. Its effect. Absolute nullity. - A void contract produces no effect and cannot be ratified; every interested person may invoke its nullity, and the court must rule on it of its own motion. - The cause of a contract is one of its essential elements. An obligation in a contract without a cause or with an unlawful cause. Its effect. Nullity of the contract. An example. Concerning the nullity of a contract for operating a crusher.