Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1466

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

English translation of the principle

Assignment of rights. Its effectiveness against the debtor from the time of his acceptance thereof or notification thereof to him. The effect thereof. The assignee replaces the assigning creditor in the same assigned right in the condition it is in at the time the debtor accepts the assignment or is notified thereof. - Notification to the debtor of the assignment of rights so that it becomes effective against him. It may be by any official document served through process servers and containing a statement that the assignment occurred and its essential terms. Service of the statement of claim in the action brought by the assignee against the debtor to demand the assigned right. It is considered notification by which the assignment becomes effective against the debtor. An example.
Arabic original
حوالة الحق. نفاذها في حق المدين من وقت قبولها أو إعلانه بها. أثر ذلك. حلول المحال له محل الدائن المحيل في نفس الحق المحال به بالحالة التي يكون عليها وقت قبول المدين الحوالة أو إعلانه بها. - إعلان المدين بحوالة الحق حتى تنفذ في حقه. جواز أن يكون بأية ورقة رسمية تعلن بواسطة المحضرين وتشتمل على ذكر وقوع الحوالة وشروطها الأساسية. إعلان صحيفة الدعوى المقامة من المحال له على المدين للمطالبة بالحق المحال به. اعتباره إعلاناً تنفذ به الحوالة في حق المدين. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٥١/٢٠٠٨ تجاري جلسة ١٣/٤/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٨ ج ٢ ص ١٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 278. PDF pages: 278.

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