Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2932

Making inquiries and searching for the domicile of the recipient of service. This falls upon the party requesting service. His inability to do so does not constitute force majeure. - Assessing the existence of a domicile or workplace and determining whether it is single or multiple. A question of fact independently determined by the trial judge. The condition thereof. - Establishment of the respondent bank's knowledge of the appellant's domicile and its directing service to another domicile where he does not reside, and then to his workplace, without undertaking the search and inquiries required by the circumstances. Its effect. Service of the statement of claim on the Public Prosecution is invalid and ineffective and does not constitute the proceedings. This procedure remaining until judgment is issued in his absence. Its consequence. Invalidity of the judgment. The obligation to remit the action to the court of first instance for determination anew. Article 135 bis of the Civil Procedure Law.