Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 782

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

English translation of the principle

The drawee bank is not discharged as against its customer, the drawer, where it pays a cheque on which the drawer's signature has been forged, regardless of how skillfully the forgery was executed. The reason for this. The condition for this liability to arise against the bank.
Arabic original
عدم براءة ذمة البنك المسحوب عليه قبل عميله الساحب في حالة وفائه بشيك زور توقيع الساحب عليه وأيا كانت درجة إتقان التزوير. علة ذلك شرط قيام هذه المسئولية قبل البنك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٧/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ١٤/٣/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 146. PDF pages: 146.

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