Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3840

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

English translation of the principle

Agreement on the insurer’s right of recourse against the insured to recover any compensation it may have paid where the latter permitted a person without a driving licence to drive. The condition for this recourse: proof of the insured’s express or implied consent to the commission of the violation. Inferring this consent: a matter of fact within the exclusive competence of the court of fact.
Arabic original
الاتفاق على حق المؤمن في الرجوع على المؤمن له لاسترداد ما يكون قد دفعه من تعويض في حالة سماح الأخير بالقيادة لشخص غير حائز على رخصة قيادة. شرط هذا الرجوع: ثبوت موافقة المؤمن له على قيام المخالفة صراحة أو ضمناً. استخلاص هذه الموافقة: واقع تستقل به محكمة الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٩٥/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/١٠/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 647. PDF pages: 647.

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