Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2081

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

English translation of the principle

Appointing a bank as agent to collect the value of a cheque is subject to the agency provisions of the Civil Code, supplemented by banking custom. - An agent authorized to appoint a substitute without the substitute being specified. His liability is confined to his personal fault, excluding the substitute's acts. The principal and the substitute agent may each have direct recourse against the other. - For the presumed authorization of the agent to collect a cheque in a foreign country. - 362 - Commercial
Arabic original
توكيل البنك في تحصيل قيمة الشيك يخضع لأحكام الوكالة بالقانون المدني ويكملها العرف المصرفي. - الوكيل المرخص له في الإنابة دون تعيين شخص النائب. إقتصار مسئوليته عن خطئه الشخصي دون عمل النائب. للموكل ولنائب الوكيل أن يرجع كل منهما مباشرة على الآخر. - للترخيص المفترض للوكيل في تحصيل شيك في دولة أجنبية. - ٣٦٢ - تجاري
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩١/٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٤/٤/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ١١٦٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 362. PDF pages: 362.

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