Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2394

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The direct action and preferential right established for the subcontractor against the main contractor. Their limits: what is due to the main contractor from the employer. Condition thereof: the employer must owe a debt to the main contractor arising from the contract for works. The subcontractor’s institution of this action. Effect thereof. The employer is precluded from paying the main contractor, and such payment is not effective against the subcontractor.
Arabic original
الدعوى المباشرة وحق الامتياز المقررين لمقاول الباطن تجاه المقاول الأصلي. حدودهما: ما يكون للمقاول الأصلي لدى رب العمل. شرط ذلك: أن تكون ذمته مشغولة بدين للمقاول الأصلي ناشئاً عن عقد المقاولة. إقامة مقاول الباطن هذه الدعوى. أثره. امتناع وفاء رب العمل للمقاول الأصلي وعدم سريانه في حق مقاول الباطن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١١/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/١/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٩٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 450. PDF pages: 447.

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