Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2588

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

English translation of the principle

A broker is an agent whom one contracting party commissions to act as an intermediary with the other contracting party to complete a transaction between them for remuneration due to him under an express or implied agreement inferred from the nature of his work, upon the success of his mediation through the conclusion of the transaction contract through his agency.
Arabic original
السمسار وكيل يكلفه أحد المتعاقدين التوسط لدي المتعاقد الآخر لاتمام صفقة بينهما بأجر يستحق له بمقتضى إتفاق صريح أو ضمني يستفاد من طبيعة عمله عند نجاح وساطته بإبرام عقد الصفقة على يديه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٩٧/٩٨ تجاري جلسة ٨/١١/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٤٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 444. PDF pages: 444.

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