Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2951

Service of a challenge at the elected domicile. Its prerequisite. That the party has adopted it as his domicile in the document serving the judgment or in the other documents of the action. The rationale thereof. - The agent's domicile for service of the documents of the action. Is recognized only at the level of litigation for which he is appointed. The implication thereof. The appellant cannot validly be served with the appeal petition at the domicile of the lawyer who represented him at first instance. The exception thereto. - The lawyer's agency at first instance. Ends upon issuance of the first-instance judgment. When it exceptionally continues and the respondent may validly be served at his premises as an elected domicile.