Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3543
State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
An obligation of a known amount at the time the obligation arises. Its meaning. - Awarding statutory interest from the date of the claim. Its restriction to the case where the subject matter of the monetary obligation is of a known amount at the time it arises. Its not being so. Its effect. Interest runs from the date of the final judgment. - Example concerning entitlement to statutory interest from the date of the claim because the subject matter of the monetary obligation was of a known amount when it arose. - The obligation to pay the broker’s fee:-
Arabic original
الالتزام المعلوم المقدار وقت نشوء الالتزام. مقصوده. - القضاء بالفوائد القانونية من تاريخ المطالبة. قصره على حالة كون محل الالتزام النقدي معلوم المقدار وقت نشوئه. عدم كونه كذلك. أثره. سريا ن الفوائد من تاريخ الحكم النهائي. - مثال بشأن استحقاق الفوائد القانونية من تاريخ المطالبة نظراً لكون محل الالتزام النقدي معلوم المقدار وقت نشوئه. - الالتزام بأجر السمسار:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٠٠/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١٠/٦/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٤٨)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 598. PDF pages: 598.
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