Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2364

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

English translation of the principle

The freedom of contracting parties to amend the provisions of contractual liability created by their free will within the limits of the law and rules of public policy. - 408 - Commercial - The inclusion in the insurance policy of reasonable restrictions on the insured entitling the insurer to recourse against him, if he breaches them, to recover compensation it may have paid. Its condition. The means of such recourse is a direct action independent of the action in subrogation to the injured party. The judgment’s contravention thereof. Requires its cassation - The penalty clause:-
Arabic original
حرية المتعاقدين في تعديل أحكام المسئولية العقدية التي أنشأتها إرادتهما الحرة في حدود القانون وقواعد النظام العام. - ٤٠٨ - تجاري - تضمن وثيقة التأمين قيوداً معقولة على المؤمن له تخول المؤمن الرجوع عليه إذا أخل بها لاسترداد ما يكون قد دفعه من تعويض. شرطه. وسيلة هذا الرجوع دعوى مباشرة مستقلة عن دعوى الحلول محل المضرور. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يوجب تمييزه - الشرط الجزائي:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٧٣/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٨/١٠/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٣٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 408. PDF pages: 408–409.

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