Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1763

Interpreting contracts, instruments and stipulations to ascertain the intention of their parties. Within the authority of the court of merits. Its condition. - A judgment ordering the insurance company to pay the insurance amount to the worker’s heirs, based on an interpretation unsupported by the wording of the insurance policy, namely that it contains a stipulation by the insured for the benefit of his workers granting them a right of direct recourse against the company. An error in applying the law and a contradiction of what is established in the case papers, requiring its cassation.