Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3846

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

English translation of the principle

An insurance policy's inclusion of reasonable restrictions on the insured entitling the insurer to have recourse against him if he breaches them, to recover any compensation it may have paid. The condition for this. The means of this recourse: a direct action independent of the action by subrogation to the injured party's rights. The judgment's contravention of this. Requires its cassation.
Arabic original
تضمن وثيقة التأمين قيوداً معقولة على المؤمن له تخول المؤمن الرجوع عليه إذا أخل بها لاسترداد ما يكون قد دفعه من تعويض. شرط ذلك. وسيلة هذا الرجوع: دعوى مباشرة مستقلة عن دعوى الحلول محل المضرور. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٧٣/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٨/١٠/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ١٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 648. PDF pages: 648.

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