Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1017

The proceedings in the action. Their existence begins with the filing of the statement of claim and is conditional upon its valid service. Failure to fulfill this condition up to the delivery of the first-instance judgment. Its effect. The proceedings cease to exist, and the judgment rendered therein is void because of the invalidity of the procedure. - The appellate court's ruling that the first-instance judgment is void because service of the statement of claim was invalid. Its necessary consequence. Limiting itself to declaring the nullity without proceeding beyond that to determine the merits of the action. The reason therefor. An example.