Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1677

The lessee's obligation to exercise the care of an ordinary person in using and preserving the leased property and returning it in the condition in which he received it, except for any destruction or damage affecting it without fault for which he is answerable. Is not among the rules - 320 - Obligation that are mandatory. Its implication. It is permissible to agree to mitigate or intensify that obligation, even where the destruction of or damage to the leased property arises from force majeure or an extraneous cause. Its meaning. The debtor's failure to perform his obligation, whether an obligation to achieve an end or to exercise care. Its effect. Establishment of contractual liability and his liability for compensation. - The debtor's failure to perform his contractual obligation. Fault entailing liability.