Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2903

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

English translation of the principle

Impossibility of restitution in kind by one of the contracting parties upon the invalidity of the contract. Permissibility of requiring that party to render an equivalent. - An award of an equivalent upon the invalidity of the contract does not preclude an award of default interest as compensation when the debtor delays in performing his obligation. - Ratification of invalidity:-
Arabic original
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. - إجازة البطلان:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢٣/١٩٩٠ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١٢/١٩٩١ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٧٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 494. PDF pages: 494.

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