Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3630

A party raising a material defense and substantiating it with documents. The court’s failure to scrutinize it in light of its significance. Deficiency in reasoning. - The appellant’s insistence that he had no knowledge of service of the appealed judgment through the police station because he was outside the country, such that the time limit for challenging it did not commence against him, and his substantiation thereof with documents. A material defense. The Court of Appeal’s ruling that the appellant’s right to appeal had lapsed, relying on that service as commencing the appeal period without examining and scrutinizing this defense. A deficiency requiring cassation of the judgment.