Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1433

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

English translation of the principle

The insurer's recourse action against the liable third party for the compensation it paid to the injured party. Its basis is statutory subrogation or assignment of the right. - Transfer of the right to the assignee with its characteristics and accessories. Its implication. The debtor may invoke against the assignee the defences specific to him and the defences he could have invoked against the assignor, including the lapse period upon whose expiry the right is extinguished. Thus, the assigned debtor may plead against the assignee that the right has been extinguished by that period.
Arabic original
دعوى رجوع المؤمن على الغير المسئول بما أوفاه من تعويض للمضرور. أساسها الحلول القانوني أو حوالة الحق. - انتقال الحق إلى المحال له بصفاته وتوابعه. مؤداه. للمدين أن يتمسك قبل المحال له بالدفوع الخاصة به وبالدفوع التي كان له أن يتمسك بها قبل المحيل ومنها مدة السقوط التي ينقضي بها الحق فيجوز للمحال عليه أن يدفع في مواجهة المحال له بإنقضاء الحق بتلك المدة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٢/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٢٣/١١/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ٧٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 271. PDF pages: 271.

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