Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 642

An establishment that does not possess legal personality. An element of its owner’s patrimony. - 128 - Civil Procedure. Its implication. It has no capacity to be a party to proceedings and therefore may not litigate; its owner conducts proceedings concerning it. - Constitution of proceedings. Its criterion. Their institution by a party, or their direction against a party, possessing capacity to be a party and to litigate. Joining a sole proprietorship as a party and its owner’s appearance at the trial hearings. Its effect. Absence of grounds for declaring nullity.