Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3542

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

English translation of the principle

The relationship of subordination on which the principal's liability for his subordinate's fault rests. Its nature. The latter's subjection to the execution of the principal's orders concerning how he performs the work carried on for the principal's account. Absence of that subjection. Its implication. Absence of the relationship of subordination. - 653 - Obligation Example concerning the absence of liability of the lessee of a vehicle for its loss while travelling in a convoy of vehicles in Iraq under the protection of the American army, and the absence in the papers of anything indicating that this army was subject to the orders of the vehicle's lessee.
Arabic original
علاقة التبعية التي تقوم عليها مسئولية المتبوع عن خطأ تابعه. ماهيتها. خضوع الأخير لتنفيذ أوامر المتبوع في كيفية أدائه العمل الذي يزاوله لحسابه. انتفاء ذلك الخضوع. مؤداه. انتفاء علاقة التبعية. - ٦٥٣ - التزام مثال بشأن انتفاء مسئولية مستأجرة سيارة عن فقدها أثناء سيرها في قافلة سيارات بالعراق تحت حماية الجيش الأمريكي وخلو الأوراق مما يفيد خضوع هذا الجيش لأوامر مستأجرة السيارة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٣١/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١٩/١١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ١١٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 653. PDF pages: 653–654.

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