Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 883

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

English translation of the principle

The employer and the subcontractor. No contract links them. The effect thereof. The latter may claim from the former, by an indirect action, what the former owes the main contractor. He also has a direct action and a preferential right against the former to spare him competition from the main contractor’s creditors. Articles 682 and 683 of the Civil Code. The condition for this. The employer’s debt to the main contractor must arise from the contract for works, and upon the action being brought he is precluded from paying the main contractor.
Arabic original
صاحب العمل والمقاول من الباطن. لا يربطهما أي تعاقد. أثر ذلك. للثاني أن يطالب الأول بما هو مستحق في ذمته للمقاول الأصلي بدعوى غير مباشرة. وله دعوى مباشرة وحق امتياز قبله لتجنيبه مزاحمة دائني المقاول الأصلي. المادتان ٦٨٢، ٦٨٣ مدني. شرط ذلك. أن يكون دين رب العمل للمقاول الأصلي ناشئاً عن عقد المقاولة وبرفع الدعوى يمتنع عليه الوفاء للمقاول الأصلي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٤/٣/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد السادس ص ١٦١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 191. PDF pages: 191.

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