Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 798

The cheque. Its nature. An instrument of payment. Its cause is an existing debt owed to the person in whose favor it was drawn or to whom it passed, pursuant to the presumption arising from its delivery to the payee, unless it is established that its cause is otherwise. - The payee of the cheque. Is the owner of the funds for payment. The consequence thereof. He, rather than the drawer, is the person with an interest in objecting to payment to another. - The cheque payee's good faith is presumed. The consequence thereof. Whoever alleges his bad faith must prove it.