Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3253

Absence of the person to be served from the domicile or workplace, or refusal by the person found there to receive or sign for receipt. The steps the process server must then take. Article 9/4 of the Civil Procedure Law. His failure to comply with those steps. Its effect. Nullity of service and loss of its effect. The judgment relying on it nevertheless and rejecting the plea that the appeal be deemed never to have existed. Contradiction of what is established in the case papers and an error requiring its cassation. Example.