Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2363

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

English translation of the principle

The freedom of contracting parties to modify the provisions of contractual liability created by their free will, within the limits of the law and the rules of public policy. - An insurance policy containing reasonable restrictions upon the insured that entitle the insurer to have recourse against him, if he breaches them, to recover compensation it may have paid. Its condition. The means of such recourse: a direct action independent of the action in subrogation to the injured party. A judgment contravening this. Requires its cassation.
Arabic original
حرية المتعاقدين في تعديل أحكام المسئولية العقدية التي أنشأتها إرادتهما الحرة في حدود القانون وقواعد النظام العام. - تضمن وثيقة التأمين قيوداً معقولة على المؤمن له تخول المؤمن الرجوع عليه إذا أخل بها لاسترداد ما يكون قد دفعه من تعويض. شرطه. وسيلة هذا الرجوع: دعوى مباشرة مستقلة عن دعوى الحلول محل المضرور. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٧٣/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٨/١٠/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٣٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 438. PDF pages: 438.

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