Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2390

The general rule is the absence of a direct relationship between the employer and the subcontractor. The latter may claim from the employer, by an indirect action, what the employer owes the main contractor. The exception. He has against the employer a direct action and a preferential right over the sums due to the main contractor. Its effect. From the date it is brought, the employer is precluded from paying the main contractor. - The transfer to the assignee of the main contractor's right against the employer takes place encumbered with the preferential right prescribed by law for the subcontractor, where the assignment occurs on a date subsequent to conclusion of the subcontract.