Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3935

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

English translation of the principle

The creditor's recourse against the guarantor under a commercial guarantee. It does not require claiming against the debtor first. The implication thereof. He has the choice of claiming against either of them or both together. His recourse against one does not extinguish his right to claim against the other. Where there are multiple guarantors, and whichever of them has paid may have recourse against the others for his share of the debt and his portion of the insolvent guarantor's share, whether by a personal action or an action by subrogation. - 772 - Guarantee
Arabic original
رجوع الدائن على الكفيل في الكفالة التجارية. لا يشترط مطالبة المدين أولا.ً مؤدى ذلك. له الخيار في مطالبة أيهما أو مطالبتهما معاً. رجوعه على أحدهما لا يسقط حقه في مطالبة الآخر. إذا تعدد الكفلاء ولمن أوفى منهم الرجوع على الآخرين بحصته في الدين وبنصيبه في حصة المعسر سواء بالدعوى الشخصية أو بدعوى الحلول. - 772 - كفالة
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩/٨٤ تجاري جلسة ١٢/٦/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الثاني ص ٤٩٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 772.

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