Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3593

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

English translation of the principle

Establishment that the source of one litigant's liability is personal fault in selecting his substitute and his negligence in performing the agency, and that the source of the second's liability is the direct action. Its implication. The source of each one's liability differs. The necessary consequence. Their liability towards the principal is in solidum, not joint and several.
Arabic original
ثبوت أن مصدر مسئولية أحد الخصمين هو الخطأ الشخصي في اختيار نائبه وإهماله في تنفيذ الوكالة وأن مصدر مسئولية الثاني هو الدعوى المباشرة. مؤداه. اختلاف مصدر مسئولية كل منهما. لازم ذلك. التزامهما قبل الموكل بالتضامم وليس بالتضامن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٥٤٦، ٥٥٥/٢٠٠٤ مدني جلسة ٢٨/١١/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص٦٤١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 705.

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