Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1350

The Court of Appeal may, at the respondent's request, rule that the appeal is deemed never to have been brought. Its condition. Failure to serve the appeal petition on the respondent within 30 days of its submission to the Registry, and the delay being attributable to the appellant's act. - Assessing whether to impose the sanction of deeming the appeal never to have been brought. A factual matter within the exclusive discretion of the court of merits, provided that it bases its judgment on sound reasons.