Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3917

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

English translation of the principle

Absence of a direct relationship between the employer and the subcontractor. Its effect. The latter has only an indirect action to claim from the employer what the employer owes the main contractor. The legislature's protection of the subcontractor by granting it a direct action and a preferential right against the employer. Its purpose. Avoiding competition from the main contractor's creditors in the indirect action. The condition thereof.
Arabic original
عدم قيام علاقة مباشرة بين رب العمل والمقاول من الباطن. أثره. ليس له سوى دعوى غير مباشرة لمطالبة رب العمل بما هو مستحق في ذمته للمقاول الأ صلي. حماية المشرع للمقاول من الباطن بإعطائه دعوى مباشرة وحق امتياز قبل رب العمل. المقصود منه. تجنب مزاحمة دائني المقاول الأصل له في الدعوى غير المباشرة. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٤٧/٩٨ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/٣/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٣٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 660. PDF pages: 660.

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