Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2401
State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Termination of the contract for works owing to impossibility of performance for a cause in which neither party had any part. Effect thereof. The obligations of both parties are extinguished, the contract for works is rescinded automatically, and the contractor is entitled to compensation under the principle of unjust enrichment, recovering from the employer compensation for the value of his expenditure and the remuneration due to him, within the limits of the benefit accruing to the employer. - The express resolutory condition and the implied resolutory condition:-
Arabic original
انتهاء المقاولة باستحالة التنفيذ لسبب لا يد الطرفين فيه. أثر ذلك. انقضاء التزام الطرفين ويفسخ عقد المقاولة من تلقاء نفسه ويستحق المقاول تعويضاً بموجب مبدأ الإثراء بلا سبب فيقتضى تعويضاً من رب العمل قيمة ما أنفقه وما يستحقه من أجر في حدود ما عاد من منفعة على رب العمل. - الشرط الفاسخ الصريح والشرط الفاسخ الضمني:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٠٩٦/٢٠٠٤ إداري جلسة ٢٤/١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٧٠)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 414. PDF pages: 414.
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