Judicial principles and studies
Code of Civil Procedure — Valuation of Contract Rescission Claims
The study summarizes rules for valuing contract-rescission claims affecting court fees, emphasizing the requirement to produce original contracts and the court's duty to verify fees ex officio.
Updated: 10 September 2026
Prepared and reviewed by: Ashraf Al-Khawaja
Subject
The study addresses how to value claims seeking rescission of sale contracts, including claims for re-registration of real estate or for a judgment fixing the property's value, and related procedures for calculating court fees.
Summary
- Court fees are matters of public order; the court must verify their payment on its own initiative. - Claims for re-registering property or for a judgment of its value are essentially contract-rescission actions and should be valued according to the contract price agreed by the parties. - Any value estimate supplied by the parties in the claim form is not definitive; determining the correct value is within the court's authority. - Calculating the applicable fee requires examining the original contracts; the court should order the plaintiff to produce all original contracts at issue, and failing to do so is a legal violation. This is an educational summary only; it is not judicial text or legal advice.
Practical significance
This is a general educational summary based on the points published in the official source. It does not replace the original material or a review by Ashraf Al-Khawaja before relying on it for any action.
Sources and references
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