Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3195

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

English translation of the principle

Invalidity of service of the notice of appeal and the failure of the person served to appear before the Court of Appeal. Its effect. The latter’s right to invoke this invalidity for the first time before the Court of Cassation and to make it a ground for seeking cassation of the judgment, without this being considered reliance on a new ground.
Arabic original
بطلان إعلان صحيفة الاستئناف وتخلف المعلن إليه عن الحضور أمام محكمة الاستئناف. أثره. حق الأخير في التمسك بهذا البطلان لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز واتخاذه سبباً لطلب تمييز الحكم دون أن يعد ذلك تمسكاً بسبب جديد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣٩/١٩٨٨ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٢/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الأول ص٤٩٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 611. PDF pages: 608.

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