Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 999

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

English translation of the principle

The marine insurance policy. It may be made out in the insured’s name, to his order or to bearer. Its negotiability depends on the form in which it is drawn up. Its transfer by assignment if it bears the insured’s name, by endorsement if it is to his order, and by delivery if it is to bearer. - Insurance for the benefit of a person unidentified at the time of the contract. Its permissibility, and the policy circulates in this case with the bill of lading itself.
Arabic original
وثيقة التأمين البحري. جواز أن تكون باسم المؤمن له أو لأمره أو للحامل. توقف تداولها على الشكل الذي أفرغت فيه. انتقالها بطريق الحوالة إذا كانت تحمل إسم المؤمن له وبطريق التظهير إذا كانت لأمره وبالتسليم إذا كانت لحاملها. - التأمين لمصلحة شخص غير معين وقت العقد. جوازه وتتداول الوثيقة في هذه الحالة مع سند الشحن ذاته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧٣٢، ٧٣٧/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٢٣/٦/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٦٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 183. PDF pages: 183.

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