Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1020

A person accused of a felony has the right to retain someone to defend him, and the court must appoint a lawyer to undertake this task if the accused has not retained anyone. Article 120 of the Criminal Procedure and Trials Law. A matter of public order. Contravention thereof: nullity, Article 146 of the same Law. - The court's failure to grant the accused's request to adjourn consideration of the case to retain a lawyer to defend him, without giving a reason. It invalidates the trial proceedings. Its extension to the judgment rendered in the case.