Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3036

Bringing an appeal by filing a petition with the registry. Its service. A procedure necessary to achieve the adversarial principle between the parties. It must be completed within thirty days. Delay therein attributable to the appellant. Its sanction: the appeal may be deemed never to have been brought at the respondent's request. - The thirty-day time limit prescribed for service of the appeal. A time limit for appearance. The effect thereof. The respondent's appearance after the time limit does not extinguish his right to plead that the appeal be deemed never to have been brought. The curative effect of this appearance is confined to invalid service of originating pleadings and summonses arising from a defect in service. An example.