Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 984
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. A continuing contract is excepted from this. Dissolution is confined to the future and does not extend to the past. The reason therefor. An example concerning the premiums of a life insurance contract.
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.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢١٣/٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٤/١١/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ١٦)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 181. PDF pages: 181.
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