Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1082

Invalidity of a procedural act. Its instances. No ruling of invalidity, notwithstanding an express provision therefor, if the procedural act causes no prejudice to the litigant. Relevant prejudice. Its nature. Achievement of the purpose of the procedural act despite the formal irregularity. Its implication. The interest intended to be protected is fulfilled, with no prejudice. An example concerning the inference - 170 - Civil Procedure drawn reasonably by the judgment from the papers that the purpose of the procedural act was achieved and prejudice absent, and not ruling that the service procedures were invalid. Correct.