Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1291

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The insurer under compulsory motor accident insurance and the liable third party. Their obligation concerns the same debt despite the difference in its source. The effect thereof. Their concurrent liability for its payment. - Concurrent liability of debtors accords with their joint and several liability in granting the creditor the right to claim the entire debt from all of them or any one of them. The effect thereof. A ruling imposing concurrent liability is not a ruling granting relief not requested by the litigants. A judgment departing from this by rejecting the request for joint and several liability and failing to grant the request for concurrent liability. This vitiates it by contravention of the law and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
المؤمن في التأمين الإجباري عن حوادث السيارات والغير المسئول. التزامهما يكون بنفس الدين رغم اختلاف مصدره. أثر ذلك. تضاممهما في الوفاء به. - تضامم المدينين يتفق مع تضامنهم في تخويل الدائن الحق في مطالبتهم جميعاً أو أحدهم بكل الدين. أثر ذلك. القضاء بالتضامم لا يعد قضاء بما لم يطلبه الخصوم. مخالفة الحكم ذلك برفضه طلب التضامن وعدم إجابته طلب التضامم. يعيبه بمخالفة القانون وتوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٣٧٨، ٣٨٢/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٤/٣/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 246. PDF pages: 246.

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