Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2984

An insurer’s recourse action against the responsible third party for the compensation it paid to the injured party. Its basis. Legal subrogation or assignment of the right. - Transfer of the right to the assignee with its attributes and accessories. Its import. The debtor may invoke against the assignee the defenses specific to him and the defenses that he could have invoked against the assignor, including the forfeiture period that expires. Thus, the assigned debtor may plead against the assignee the extinction of the right by that period.