Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3881

Payment by the drawee bank of the value of a cheque bearing a forged signature of its customer. Does not discharge its liability toward the customer - 716 - Obligation regardless of the degree of proficiency in supplying the signature. The bank bears the consequences of this payment. The reason therefor. The basis of this burden: the risks of the profession practiced by the bank. Its condition: no fault or negligence on the part of the customer named in the instrument. The standard for this fault is the care of an ordinary person in safeguarding the cheque book delivered to him.