Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2770

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

English translation of the principle

The contract of a limited liability company. Official form is an essential element thereof, of a contract by which any partner transfers his share therein, and of the power of attorney issued to another person to execute it. Contravention thereof. Its effect. Absolute nullity of the contract. It may be invoked by any interested person, whether a contracting party or a third party, and the court may declare it of its own motion. The rationale therefor. - 474 - Commercial
Arabic original
عقد الشركة ذات المسئولية المحدودة. الرسمية ركن لازم فيه وفي عقد تنازل أي من الشركاء عن حصته فيها وفي التوكيل الصادر للغير في تحريره. مخالفة ذلك. أثره. بطلان العقد بطلاناً مطلقاً. جواز التمسك به من كل ذي مصلحة سواء كان أحد المتعاقدين أو من الغير وللمحكمة أن تقضي به من تلقاء نفسها. علة ذلك. - ٤٧٤ - تجاري
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢٧/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٢/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٥٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 474. PDF pages: 474.

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