Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1521

Notifying the litigants of the expert’s filing of his report and of the scheduled hearing. Its effect. Termination of the litigants’ exemption from attending hearings while the expert performs his task. Failure to notify a litigant, and his failure to attend or submit a memorandum of his defence. Its effect. The hearings are not continuous, and the time limit for appeal therefore does not begin until the judgment is served. Ruling that the right to appeal has lapsed despite the judgment not having been served is an error. - Notifying the litigants of the filing of the report and the scheduled hearing. An accessible method; abandoning it in favour of service. Its effect: service must be completed in accordance with the law. Example.