Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2187

The direct action and preferential right established for the subcontractor against the main contractor. Their limits: what is owed to the main contractor by the employer. The condition therefor: the latter must owe the main contractor a debt arising from the works contract. - The subcontractor's institution of this action. Its effect. Prohibition on the employer's payment to the main contractor and its ineffectiveness against the subcontractor.