Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3658

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

English translation of the principle

Awarding statutory interest from the date the commercial debt falls due. Restricted to cases where the amount of the monetary obligation is ascertainable when it arises; otherwise, interest runs from the date of the final judgment. - An obligation whose amount is ascertainable when it arises. Its meaning. One whose amount is determined on fixed, agreed bases, with no discretion for the court in its assessment, even if the debtor disputes its amount. The judgment's departure from this view. A violation of the law. Requires its partial cassation.
Arabic original
القضاء بالفوائد القانونية من تاريخ استحقاق الدين التجاري. قصره على ما إذا كان محل الالتزام النقدي معلوم المقدار وقت نشوئه وإلاّ سرت الفوائد من تاريخ الحكم النهائي. - الالتزام المعلوم المقدار وقت نشوئه. ماهيته. ما كان تحديد مقداره قائماً على أسس ثابتة متفق عليها ليس للقضاء سلطة في تقديره ولو نازع المدين في مقداره. مخالفة الحكم هذا النظر. مخالفة للقانون. تُوجب تمييزه جزئياً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧٧٧، ٧٩٣/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٢٩/٦/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد السابع ص ٥٠١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 618. PDF pages: 618.

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