Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1149

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

English translation of the principle

The ship's agent is the maritime carrier's agent in actions arising from carriage by sea. Joining it as a defendant suffices for the action to be registered against the proper party, without the need to join the carrier. The reason for this. Facilitating, for national holders of - 207 - Commercial rights in the goods, litigation against their opponents who are foreign carriers. Article 138.
Arabic original
وكيل السفينة وكيل الناقل البحري في الدعاوى الناشئة عن النقل البحري. يكفي إختصامه حتى تقيد الدعوى ضد صاحب الصفة دون حاجة لإختصام الناقل. علة ذلك. التيسير على أصحاب - ٢٠٧ - تجاري الحق في البضاعة من الوطنيين في مقاضاة خصومهم من الناقلين الأجانب. م ١٣٨.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٤/٨٤ تجاري جلسة ١٠/٤/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الثاني ص ٧٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 207. PDF pages: 207–208.

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