Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3233

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

English translation of the principle

The general rule is that trading in shares of joint-stock companies takes place by commercial methods without following the procedures for assignment of a right. A shareholder’s assignment of his shares to a third party. It takes place by mere agreement. The effect thereof. Loss of shareholder status in the company and substitution of the assignee in all his rights and duties. Invoking the assignment.
Arabic original
الأصل أن التداول في أسهم الشركات المساهمة يتم بالطرق التجارية دون اتباع إجراءات حولة الحق. تنازل المساهم عن أسهمه للغير. تحققه بمجرد الاتفاق أثر ذلك. زوال صفة المساهم في الشركة وحلول المتنازل إليه في كافة حقوقه وواجباته. الاحتجاج بالتنازل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٣١، ١٤٥/١٩٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/١/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الرابع ص ٣٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 545. PDF pages: 545.

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