Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2969

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

English translation of the principle

Service at the elected domicile. Its condition. The party's adoption of an elected domicile in the document serving the judgment, expressing his wish to that effect. - Service on the respondent at a lawyer's office as her elected domicile despite the absence of evidence that she adopted it as her elected domicile. Its effect. Service is void and produces no effect, and she may plead that the appeal be deemed never to have been brought for failure to serve it within the time limit.
Arabic original
الإعلان في الموطن المختار. مناطه. اتخاذ الخصم موطناً مختاراً في ورقة إعلان الحكم مما يفصح عن رغبته في ذلك. - إعلان المستأنف عليها في مكتب أحد المحامين على أنه موطن مختار لها رغم انتفاء الدليل على اتخاذها إياه موطناً مختاراً لها. أثره. بطلان الإعلان ولا ينتج أي أثر ولها الدفع باعتبار الاستئناف كأن لم يكن لعدم إعلانه في الميعاد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤١/٢٠٠١ مدني جلسة ٣٠/٩/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني ص٧١٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 570. PDF pages: 567.

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