Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2591

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

English translation of the principle

Brokerage. Its nature. A contract under which the broker undertakes to a person to search for a second party to conclude a particular contract and to mediate its conclusion in return for remuneration, without having any involvement in what has been contracted for. - The broker does not represent either contracting party and does not sign the contract as a party to it. - Payment of earnest money at the time of concluding the contract. Its significance. Each party has the option to withdraw from it; the payer forfeits it if the payer withdraws, and the recipient returns it and pays an equivalent amount if the recipient withdraws. Articles 74, 75 of the Civil Code. - Company contract:-
Arabic original
السمسرة. ماهيتها. عقد يتعهد بموجبه السمسار لشخص بالبحث عن طرف ثان لإبرام عقد معين والتوسط لإبرامه في مقابل أجر ودون أن يكون له شأن فيما تم التعاقد عليه. - السمسار لا يمثل أحد المتعاقدين ولا يوقع على العقد بوصفه طرفاً فيه. - دفع العربون وقت إبرام العقد. مفاده. أن لكل من طرفيه خيار العدول عنه ويفقده من دفعه إذا عدل هو ويرده من قبضه إذا عدل ويدفع مثله. المادتان ٧٤، ٧٥ من القانون المدني. - عقد الشركة:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٥٩/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٢/٢/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٦٤٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 445. PDF pages: 445.

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