Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3221

The insurer's recourse action against the liable third party for the compensation it paid to the injured party. Its basis is statutory subrogation or assignment of the right. - Transfer of the right to the assignee with its characteristics and accessories. Its implication. The debtor may invoke against the assignee the defences specific to him and the defences he could have invoked against the assignor, including the lapse period upon whose expiry the right is extinguished. Thus, the assigned debtor may plead against the assignee that the right has been extinguished by that period.