Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1472

Proceedings commencing with the filing of the statement of claim with the registry remain conditional upon its valid service on the defendant. Failure to satisfy this condition until issuance of the first-instance judgment. Its effect. Their extinction. The reason for this. The absence of confrontation between the parties, so that service remains the sole means of informing the party of their particulars, and without service or confrontation the proceedings do not attach to him.