Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2167

Absence of the intended recipient of service from his domicile. Documents may be delivered to a person who states that he is his agent or works in his service, or to one of his relatives or relatives by marriage. The condition is residence with him. - The process server’s omission to record the absence of the intended recipient of service, the relationship between him and the person who received service, or residence with him. Its effect. Nullity of service. Rendition of judgment despite this invalidates it because it was rendered in litigation that was not duly constituted. The judgment’s contravention of this renders it defective and requires its cassation.