Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 271

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

English translation of the principle

Contracts concluded by a merchant and his obligations. A legal presumption arises that they relate to commercial activities. Permissibility of rebutting that presumption by all means of proof. - Establishing the commercial nature of an act. A matter for the court of merits. Its condition. - Acts relating to the formation of companies and the sale and purchase of their shares and bonds. Commercial acts irrespective of the status or intention of the person undertaking them.
Arabic original
العقود التي يبرمها التاجر والتزاماته. قيام قرينة قانونية على تعلقها بأعمال تجارية. جواز إثبات عكس تلك القرينة بكافة طرق الإثبات. - استظهار تجارية العمل. لمحكمة الموضوع. شرطه. - الأعمال المتعلقة بتأسيس الشركات وبيع وشراء أسهمها وسنداتها. أعمال تجارية بقطع النظر عن صفة القائم بها أو نيته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧٧٧، ٧٩٣/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٢٩/٦/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 55. PDF pages: 55.

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