Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3462

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

English translation of the principle

Total destruction of the leased property during the lease term for a cause attributable to neither contracting party. Its effect. Dissolution of the contract by operation of law. The reason therefor. The absence of the subject matter of the lessor’s obligation to enable the lessee to enjoy the property and the disappearance of the cause of the lessee’s obligation to pay rent. Example concerning a contract for the lease of a vehicle and a trailer. - 584 - Commercial - Sources of obligations:- - The obligation to render equivalent performance upon nullity of the contract (the effect of cessation of the obligation):-
Arabic original
هلاك العين المؤجرة هلاكاً كلياً أثناء مدة الإيجار بسبب لا يد لأحد المتعاقدين فيه. أثره. انفساخ العقد بقوة القانون. علة ذلك. انعدام محل التزام المؤجر بتمكين المستأجر من الانتفاع بالعين وزوال سبب التزام المستأجر بدفع الأجرة. مثال بشأن عقد إيجار سيارة ومقطورة. - ٥٨٤ - تجاري - مصادر الالتزام:- - الالتزام بالأداء المعادل عند بطلان العقد (أثر زوال الالتزام):-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٤٤٥، ١٤٨٣/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١٤/١١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ١٧٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 584. PDF pages: 584.

Ask the assistant about this principle

Guidance based on the principle and its source details, separate from the original collection text.

Related principles

Continue your case in the legal workspace

Open legal workspace