Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 826

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

English translation of the principle

Conclusion of an insurance contract. Offer and acceptance. The insured's signature on the insurance application suffices as an offer, and the insurer's delivery of the policy signed by it suffices as acceptance. Delivery thereof to the insured and his discovery of conditions therein that do not conform to what they agreed upon. His silence in not requesting correction for thirty days. This is deemed acceptance of the conditions. - Rules of contractual liability. The contracting parties' freedom to modify them. Its limits: the law and public policy. The insurer's right of recourse against the insured for compensation paid to the injured party in the cases specified in Article 75 of the Executive Regulations of the Traffic Law. A reasonable condition that does not conflict with the essence of the insurance contract or violate public policy. Example.
Arabic original
إبرام عقد التأمين. الإيجاب والقبول. كفاية توقيع المؤمن له على طلب التأمين كإيجاب وكفاية تسليم المؤمن للوثيقة موقعاً عليها منه كقبول. تسليم المؤمن له إياها واكتشافه شروطاً بها لا تطابق ما اتفقا عليه. سكوته عن طلب التصحيح مدة ثلاثين يوماً. اعتبار ذلك قبولاً للشروط. - قواعد المسئولية العقدية. حرية المتعاقدين في تعديلها. حدود ذلك: القانون والنظام العام. حق المؤمن في الرجوع بما دفعه من تعويض للمضرور على المؤمن له في الحالات المبينة بالمادة ٧٥ من اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون المرور. شرط معقول لا يتعارض مع جوهر عقد التأمين ولا يخالف النظام العام. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠٨/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 155. PDF pages: 155.

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