Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2003

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

English translation of the principle

Establishment that the source of the liability of one litigant is personal fault in selecting his substitute and his negligence in performing the agency, and that the source of the second's liability is the direct action. Its implication. The source of each one's liability differs. Necessary consequence thereof. Their liability toward the principal is in solidum, not joint and several.
Arabic original
ثبوت أن مصدر المسؤولية أحد الخصمين هو الخطأ الشخصي في اختيار نائبه وإهماله في تنفيذ الوكالة وأن مصدر مسؤولية الثاني هو الدعوى المباشرة. مؤداه. اختلاف مصدر مسؤولية كل منهما . لازم ذلك. التزامهما قبل الموكل بالتضامم وليس بالتضامن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٥٤٦، ٥٥٥/٢٠٠٤ مدني جلسة ٢٨/١١/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ٦٤١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 350. PDF pages: 350.

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