Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2162

The contracting party’s right to refrain from performing his obligation if the other contracting party does not perform what he has undertaken. A general rule applicable to both parties to a contract for work. - The employer’s defence that the contractor breached his obligation. Its implication is that the contractor is not entitled to remuneration. The judgment’s characterization of this defence as a plea of statutory set-off. An error.