Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2960

Service of the appeal at the elected address. The criterion for its validity. What matters in service is actual delivery of the copy of the pleading to the person intended to be served. The procedures the process server must follow when the person addressed refuses to receive the copy for service. When service is deemed to produce its effects. The process server's stopping at recording the refusal of the person addressed to receive the copy for service, without notification. It produces no effect. - The plaintiff's obligation to pursue the service procedures. His taking a passive stance. It makes failure to complete service within the time limit attributable to his act. - A ruling deeming the appeal as never having been brought. Permissible for the Court of Appeal. Its conditions.