Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2861

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

English translation of the principle

Absence of the person to be served from the domicile or workplace, or refusal by the person found there to receive or sign for receipt. The steps the process server must then take. Article 9/4 of the Civil Procedure Law. His failure to comply with those steps. Its effect. Nullity of service and loss of its effect. The judgment relying on it nevertheless and rejecting the plea that the appeal be deemed never to have existed. Contradiction of what is established in the case papers and an error requiring its cassation. Example.
Arabic original
عدم وجود المعلن إليه في الموطن أو محل العمل أو امتناع من وجد عن الاستلام أو التوقيع بذلك. الخطوات التي يتعين على مندوب الإعلان اتخاذها حينئذ. م٩/٤ مرافعات. عدم التزامه تلك الخطوات. أثره. بطلان الإعلان وحبوط أثره. اعتداد الحكم به رغم ذلك ورفضه الدفع باعتبار الاستئناف كأن لم يكن. مخالفة للثابت في الأوراق وخطأ يوجب تمييزه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٤٠١، ٤٠٥، ٤٠٧/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/٤/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثاني ص٢٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 550. PDF pages: 547.

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