Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1434

An assignment of rights intended to discharge a debt owed by the assignor. Payment by way of the right assigned to him. Its effect: transfer of the assigned right from the patrimony of the assigning debtor to the patrimony of the assignee creditor in discharge of a prior obligation between them, and treating this as novation of the debt by changing its subject matter. - Novation of a debt by changing its subject matter. Its effect. Extinction of the original obligation and creation of a new obligation in its place. Transfer of the personal guarantee with it. Its condition. The guarantor’s consent. A judgment contrary thereto. A violation of the law and an error in its application requiring its cassation. Example.