Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 742

Cheque. Its nature. An instrument of payment. Its cause: an existing debt owed to the person in whose favor it was drawn or to whom it devolved, pursuant to the presumption arising from its delivery to the beneficiary, unless a different cause is proved. - The beneficiary of a cheque. The owner of the funds for payment. The implication of this. He, rather than the drawer, is the person with an interest in objecting to payment to another. - The cheque beneficiary's good faith is presumed. The implication of this. Whoever alleges his bad faith must prove it.