Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1686

Failure to proceed with the action. Its meaning. A sanction arising from the stagnation of the action due to the claimant’s failure to pursue it through his act or omission. The existence of a moral or legal impediment to pursuing its procedures prevents - 305 - Procedure its lapse. Contravention thereof. Vitiates the judgment. Example concerning failure to proceed with an action for a reason attributable to the loss of its file and not to an act of the female appellant.