Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1747

Successive powers of attorney, each authorizing the agent to appoint another in respect of that with which he himself was entrusted. The effects of the contract concluded by the last of the agents extend to the original principal. - An agency contract. The principal's authorization of the agent to appoint a substitute without specifying his identity. The agent is liable only for his fault in selecting his substitute, or his fault in the instructions he issued to him, or his negligence in supervising and directing him in performance of the agency. His liability on the basis of this fault derives from the law, not from contractual liability for another. The original principal and the sub-agent may each have recourse against the other by a direct action demanding his obligations towards the agent. The source of each one's obligation towards the other is the direct action. The legislature's departure from the general rule in these 2 cases. The basis for this. Article 710, Civil Code. Example.