Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 46

Capacity to litigate. A necessary condition for the validity of proceedings. It is established only for a natural or juridical person. A sole proprietorship is not a juridical person. Its owner is the person with standing in litigation concerning it before the courts. Recitation of the facts of the proceedings and attendance by a person representing its owner under a power of attorney. Sufficient to establish that the owner is the intended party to the proceedings even if his name is not coupled with the establishment’s name in the appeal petition. Its effect.