Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 291

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

English translation of the principle

Contracts for constructing, altering, repairing and demolishing real property. The contractor's undertaking therein to provide raw materials or supply workers. Deemed commercial acts regardless of the capacity or intention of the person undertaking them. - Limitation of merchants' obligations. Its condition: that it be an obligation between two merchants and arising from a commercial act. Article 118/1, Commercial.
Arabic original
مقاولات بناء العقارات وتعديلها وترميمها وهدمها. تعهد المقاول فيها بتقديم المواد الأولية أو بتوريد العمال. يُعد من الأعمال التجارية بقطع النظر عن صفة القائم بها أو نيته. - تقادم التزامات التجار. شرطه: أن يكون التزاماً بين تاجرين وناشئاً عن عمل تجاري. م ١١٨/١ تجاري.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧٧/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/١٠/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٤٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 59. PDF pages: 59.

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