Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3595

Successive agencies, in each of which the agent is authorized to appoint another agent for what the agent was appointed to do. The effects of the contract concluded by the last of the agents accrue to the original principal. - Agency contract. The principal's authorization of the agent to appoint a substitute without specifying that person's identity. The agent is liable only for fault in choosing the substitute, for fault in the instructions issued to the substitute, or for negligence in supervising and directing the substitute in performing the agency. The agent's liability on the basis of this fault originates in law, not in contractual liability for another. The original principal and the sub-agent may each have recourse against the other by a direct action claiming the other's obligations towards the agent. The source of each one's obligation towards the other is the direct action. The legislature's departure from the general rule in these two cases. The basis thereof. Article 710 Civil Code. Example. - 605 - Commercial