Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2678

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity or annulment of the contract. Its import. Extinction of its effects, restoration of the situation to what it was before contracting, and recovery by each contracting party of what he gave. - Impossibility of restitution in kind by one contracting party upon nullity of the contract. Permissibility of requiring him to render equivalent performance. - An award of equivalent performance upon nullity of the contract does not preclude an award of default interest as compensation where the debtor delays performance of his obligation.
Arabic original
بطلان العقد أو إبطاله. مؤداه. زوال أثره وإعادة الحال إلى ما كانت عليه قبل التعاقد واسترداد كل متعاقد ما اعطاه. - استحالة الرد العيني على أحد المتعاقدين عند بطلان العقد جواز الزامه بأداء معادل. - القضاء بأداء معادل عند بطلان العقد لا يحول دون الحكم بفوائد تأخيرية كتعويض عند تأخر المدين في الوفاء بالتزامه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢٣/١٩٩٠ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١٢/١٩٩١ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 459. PDF pages: 459.

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