Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2508

Time limits for challenging judgments. The general rule as to their commencement: from the date of their pronouncement. The exception: time limits for challenging judgments commence from the date of their service. - The records of the trial hearings at first instance containing no record of the respondent’s attendance, his failure to submit a memorandum of defence, and the records of the appellate court hearings containing no evidence that the judgment appealed against was served on him. The judgment rejecting the plea that the appeal was time-barred. It is not vitiated thereby. - Error in the number of the article cited by the judgment. A clerical error that does not impair its validity.