Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1467

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Service at the workplace. What is required for its validity. Absence there of the person to be served. The copy must be delivered to a person who states that he is among those managing it or working there, and the person effecting service must record in its original and copy the absence of the person to be served from his workplace. Omission of this statement. Its effect. Nullity. The basis thereof. - The process server's recording that he went to the appellant's workplace without finding him. His proceeding to the police station and preparing a registered letter to his workplace without delivering a copy of the process to a person who states to him that he is among those managing the workplace or working there, and without recording this in his report. Its effect. Nullity of service of the originating pleading.
Arabic original
الإعلان في محل العمل. ما يشترط لصحته. عدم وجود المطلوب إعلانه فيه. وجوب تسليم الصورة لمن يقرر أنه من القائمين على إدارته أو من العاملين فيه وإثبات القائم بالإعلان في أصله وصورته عدم وجود الشخص المراد إعلانه في محل عمله. إغفال هذا البيان. أثره. البطلان. أساس ذلك. - إثبات مندوب الإعلان انتقاله لمحل عمل الطاعن دون أن يجده. انتقاله إلى المخفر وتحرير خطاب موصى عليه إلى محل عمله دون أن يسلم صورة الإعلان إلى من يقرر له بأنه من القائمين على إدارة العمل أو من العاملين فيه وبغير أن يثبت ذلك بمحضره. أثره. بطلان إعلان الصحيفة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥١/١٩٩٩ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٢/١/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٦٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 269. PDF pages: 266.

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