Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2070

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

English translation of the principle

The appearance of a litigant that extinguishes his right to invoke the nullity of summonses and statements of claim. Is the appearance made on the basis of service of the document itself at the time and place specified therein for his appearance. The reason for this. - A litigant invoking the nullity of the statement of claim because it was served on him somewhere other than his domicile. His appearance at the first hearing specified in the notice cures the defect. The judgment's contravention thereof. Vitiates it and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
حضور الخصم الذي يزول به حقه من التمسك ببطلان أوراق التكليف بالحضور وصحف الدعاوى. هو الحضور الذي يتم بناء على إعلان الورقة ذاتها في الزمان والمكان المبين فيها لحضوره. علة ذلك. - تمسك الخصم ببطلان صحيفة الدعوى لإعلانه بها في غير موطنه. حضوره الجلسة الأولى المحددة في الإعلان يزيل العيب. مخالفة الحكم له. يعيبه ويوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢٨/١٩٨٩ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/١٢/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الأول ص٢٣١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 339. PDF pages: 336.

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