Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 607

The drawee bank's payment of the value of a cheque bearing a forged signature of its customer. Does not discharge its liability towards the customer, however skilfully the signature was forged. The bank bears the consequences of this payment. The reason therefor. The basis of these consequences: the risks of the profession practised by the bank. Their condition: that no fault or negligence occur on the part of the customer named in the instrument. The standard for this fault is the care of an ordinary person in safeguarding the cheque book delivered to him. - 113 - Commercial