Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 823

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

English translation of the principle

Rescission of a contract. Its effect. Restoring the contracting parties to the position they were in at the time of contracting. An exception is a continuing contract, in which dissolution is confined to the future and not the past. The reason for that. Example concerning instalments under a life insurance contract. - 154 - Commercial
Arabic original
فسخ العقد. أثره. إعادة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند التعاقد. يستثنى من ذلك العقد المستمر اقتصار الحل على المستقبل دون الماضي. علة ذلك. مثال بشأن أقساط عقد التأمين على الحياة. - ١٥٤ - تجاري
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٣/٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٤/١١/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 154. PDF pages: 154.

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