Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 672

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

English translation of the principle

A disposition of shares in joint-stock companies made outside the Kuwait Stock Exchange. It is completed between the contracting parties merely by their agreement. It may not be asserted against the company or third parties except from the date of its entry in the company's shareholders register following the Exchange's approval. The reason for this. Protecting the company and third parties against multiple dispositions. The judgment's contravention of this. It vitiates it and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
التصرف في أسهم الشركات المساهمة الذي يتم خارج سوق الكويت للأوراق المالية. تمامه بين المتعاقدين بمجرد الاتفاق بينهما. عدم جواز الاحتجاج به في مواجهة الشركة أو الغير إلا من تاريخ قيده في سجل المساهمين بالشركة بعد موافقة السوق. علة ذلك. حماية للشركة والغير من تعدد التصرفات. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه ويُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦١٥/٢٠٠٢ إداري جلسة ١٧/١١/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 129. PDF pages: 129.

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