Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 66

Deeming the opposition never to have existed on the basis of the accused’s failure to appear despite service upon him, while the service document does not specify the capacity of the person who signed it acknowledging receipt or whether or not that person is one of the accused’s relatives residing with him. Consequence thereof. Invalidity of the judgment because the trial was based on defective procedures that deprived the opponent of his right of defence.