Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3125

Assignment of a right. The debtor's acceptance of the assignment without reservation. Its effect. He may not invoke against the assignee a set-off between the debt owed to him by the creditor and the debt he owes to the latter. The rationale therefor. Attachment of the assignee's right to the assigned debt. Notification of the assignment to the debtor without his acceptance. It does not prevent set-off so long as its conditions are fulfilled. Its implication. He may invoke it against the assignee. Article 431, Civil Code. Example.