Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1721

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The contracting parties’ freedom to amend the rules of contractual liability created by their free will, within the limits of the law and the rules of public policy. - The insurer may have recourse against the insured for the compensation it paid if the victim’s injury and death resulted from the insured’s handing over his insured car and his driving it while in a state of manifest intoxication. The basis for this.
Arabic original
حرية المتعاقدين في تعديل قواعد المسئولية العقدية التي أنشأتها إرادتهما الحرة في حدود القانون وقواعد النظام العام. - جواز رجوع المؤمن على المؤمن له بما دفعه من تعويض إذا كانت إصابة المجني عليه ووفاته بسبب تسليم المؤمن له سيارته المؤمن عليها وقيادته لها وهو في حالة سكر بيّن. أساس ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٦٩/٩٨ تجاري جلسة ١٤/١٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٤٢٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 337. PDF pages: 337.

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