Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 473

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

English translation of the principle

A letter of guarantee. Its nature and the independence of the relationships arising from it between the bank, the customer and the beneficiary. The effect of its issuance at the customer's request. - The amounts represented by the letter of guarantee. Why they are considered owned by the bank until disbursed to the beneficiary, and the effect of that on its claiming them from the customer, their attachment in the hands of the bank or the beneficiary, or their entering the beneficiary's patrimony.
Arabic original
خطاب الضمان. طبيعته واستقلال العلاقات الناشئة عنه بين البنك والعميل والمستفيد. أثر صدوره بناء على طلب العميل. - المبالغ التي يمثلها خطاب الضمان. لماذا تعد مملوكة للبنك حتى تصرف للمستفيد وأثر ذلك على مطالبته العميل بها أو الحجز عليها تحت يد البنك أو تحت يد المستفيد أو دخولها ذمة المستفيد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١١/٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٣/١/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٩٠٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 93. PDF pages: 93.

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