Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 482

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

English translation of the principle

A current account. Its nature and characteristics. - Attachment of a current account before its closure is impermissible. The reason for that. 483 The contracting parties' intention to exchange payments. An essential condition of a current account. The judgment concluding that the current account was not closed because both payment and receipt movements continued, treating certain entries in the account statement as withdrawals without examining accompanying entries that might negate that characterization. Deficiency.
Arabic original
الحساب الجاري. ماهيته وخصائصه. - الحجز على الحساب الجاري قبل قفله غير جائز. علة ذلك. ٤٨٣ اتجاه نية العاقدين إلى تبادل المدفوعات. شرط جوهري في الحساب الجاري. انتهاء الحكم إلى عدم قفل الحساب الجاري لاستمرار حركتي الدفع والقبض باعتبار بعض بيانات كشف الحساب مسحوبات دون تمحيص لبيانات قرينها قد تنفي عنها هذا الوصف. قصور.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٤/١٩٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٤/١٢/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٧٣٨)

(الطعن ٥١/١٩٨٦ تجاري جلسة ١٩/١١/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٥٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 95. PDF pages: 95.

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