Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3909

Recourse by each of the original principal and the sub-agent against the other: successive agencies in each of which the agent is authorized to appoint another agent for what he himself was appointed to do. The effects of the contract concluded by the last of the agents extend to the original principal. - Agency contract. The principal's authorization to the agent to appoint a substitute without identifying that person. The agent is liable only for his fault in selecting his substitute, his fault in the instructions given to him, or his neglect in supervising and directing him in performing the agency. His liability on the basis of this fault derives from law, not contractual liability for another. The original principal and the sub-agent may each have recourse against the other by a direct action demanding performance of his obligations toward the agent. The source of each one's obligation toward the other is the direct action. The legislature's departure from the general rule in these two cases. Basis thereof. Article 710 Civil Code. Example. - 658 - Commercial - Condition for a third party to retract payment of the debtor's debt, be released from it and recover what he paid:-