Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2002

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

English translation of the principle

The time limit for challenging a judgment. The rule is that it begins from the date of its pronouncement. The excepted cases. Art. 129 of the Civil Procedure Law. The time limit for challenging the judgment therein begins from service of the judgment on the addressee personally, at the addressee's domicile, or at the addressee's place of work. - The place of work at which a judgment may validly be served. Its meaning. Actual residence is not a necessary element thereof so long as the commercial activity continues. Its implication. Its closure at the time of service does not signify termination of that activity. - Assessment of the existence of the factual elements of a place of work. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition thereof. - 326 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
ميعاد الطعن في الحكم. الأصل في بدئه من تاريخ النطق به. الحالات المستثناة. م ١٢٩ مرافعات. ميعاد الطعن فيها يبدأ من إعلان الحكم للمعلن إليه لشخصه أو في موطنه أو في محل عمله. - محل العمل الذي يصح إعلان الحكم فيه. ماهيته. الإقامة الفعلية ليست عنصراً لازماً فيه ما دام النشاط التجاري قائما. مؤداه. غلقه وقت الإعلان لا يفيد إنهاء هذا النشاط. - تقدير توافر العناصر الواقعية لمحل العمل. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. - ٣٢٦ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٨/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٥/٧/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٧٠٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 326. PDF pages: 323.

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