Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4302

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

English translation of the principle

The negotiable-instrument obligation and the underlying obligation in commercial instruments. Their source is the same. The implication of this. Defences arising from the underlying obligation transfer, as between the debtor and the debtor’s immediate creditor, to the negotiable-instrument obligation: the effect of this. The debtor under commercial instruments, including a cheque, may invoke the same defences available against the underlying action.
Arabic original
الالتزام الصرفي والالتزام الأصلي في الأوراق التجارية. مصدرهما واحد. مؤدى ذلك. أن الدفوع الناشئة عن الالتزام الأصلي تنقل فيما بين المدين ودائنه المباشر إلى الالتزام الصرفي: أثر ذلك. للمدين في الأوراق التجارية ومنها الشيك التمسك بذات الدفوع التي تدفع بها الدعوى الأصلية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣١/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٧/٣/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٩٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 792. PDF pages: 789.

Ask the assistant about this principle

Guidance based on the principle and its source details, separate from the original collection text.

Related principles

Continue your case in the legal workspace

Open legal workspace