Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3477

Nullity of a contract concluded by a non-Kuwaiti for contravening the prohibition in the Commercial Code or any other legislation preventing him from engaging in commerce in Kuwait. Its consequence. Restoration of everything to its original state and recovery by each contracting party of what he gave, if feasible. Impossibility thereof for one contracting party. He may be required to provide equivalent performance to the other contracting party. Its determination by the amount of the benefit he obtained or the loss suffered by the impoverished party, whichever value is less, in application of the rule prohibiting unjust enrichment as a direct source of obligation. Example.