Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1022

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The insurer’s right of recourse against the insured to recover compensation paid if it proves that was the insured or another person driving it with approval on holding a licence to drive it. The burden of proving the circumstance. On the insurer. Invoking the insured’s liability as custodian of the vehicle. No basis for it. The reason for this.
Arabic original
حق المؤمن في الرجوع على المؤمن له لاسترداد ما أداه من تعويض إذا أثبت أن كان المؤمن له أو شخص آخر يقودها بموافقة على حائز على إجازة بقيادتها. عبء إثبات الحالة. على المؤمن. التحدي بمسئولية المؤمن له بإعتباره حارساً على السيارة. لا محل له. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٩/١٩٨٠ تجاري جلسة ٨/٤/١٩٨١ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الأول ص ٤٠٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 187. PDF pages: 187.

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