Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2660

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

English translation of the principle

The general rule in agency, whether general or special. The agent's capacity is confined to carrying out the acts specified therein. Its inclusion of what its implementation requires. The judgment's failure to ascertain the extent to which the agency was in force at the time of the disposition and to address the appellant's defence that his disposition was for his principal's account. Error in applying the law: an example.
Arabic original
الأصل في الوكالة عامة أو خاصة. أن صفة الوكيل قاصرة على مباشرة الأعمال المحددة فيها. اشتمالها ما يقتضيه تنفيذها. عدم استظهار الحكم مدى سريان الوكالة وقت التصرف ومواجهة دفاع الطاعن بأن تصرفه كان لحساب موكله. خطأ في تطبيق القانون: مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٧٠/٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٦/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٣١٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 456. PDF pages: 456.

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