Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1891

The prescribed period for appealing the first-instance judgment deeming the opposition as never having been made. Its commencement from the time it is challenged. The condition for this: the convicted person’s knowledge of the hearing at which the judgment was issued and his failure to attend for an unacceptable reason. - Establishment that the appellant did not know the date of the hearing at which the judgment on the opposition was issued in his absence and that a compelling impediment prevented his attendance before the court. Keeps the appeal period open until he is served - 518 - Criminal Procedures and Trials with formal notice of the judgment. The reason for this.