Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2488

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

English translation of the principle

The insurer's right of recourse against the insured subject for the amount of compensation it paid in the cases specified in Article - 427 - Commercial 76 of the Executive Regulations of the Traffic Law is a statutory rule even if the policy contains no such provision. The judgment's contravention thereof renders it defective. Example.
Arabic original
حق المؤمن في الرجوع على المؤمن به بقيمة ما أداه من تعويض في الحالات المبينة بالمادة - ٤٢٧ - تجاري ٧٦ من اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون المرور هو حكم قانوني ولو خلت الوثيقة من ذلك. مخالفة الحكم ذلك يعيبه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٢٦/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ١/٦/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٤٣٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 427. PDF pages: 427–428.

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