Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3521

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

English translation of the principle

Service of the payment order petition and the order issued thereon, which starts the period for challenging it. Its condition. It must be directed to the debtor personally or at his original domicile or workplace, not his elected domicile. The legislature's acceptance, in this respect, of legal knowledge on the part of the person served rather than actual or presumed knowledge. The reason for this. So as not to impede the right of litigation and to avoid loss of rights.
Arabic original
إعلان عريضة أمر الأداء والأمر الصادر به والذي يبدأ به ميعاد التظلم. شرطه. أن يوجه إلى شخص المدين أو في موطنه الأصلي أو محل عمله دون الموطن المختار. اكتفاء المشرع في هذا بالعلم القانوني للمعلن إليه دون العلم الحقيقي أو الظني. علة ذلك. حتى لا يعيق حق التقاضي وتجنباً لضياع الحقوق.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٢٢/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٧/٢/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثالث ص٣٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 599. PDF pages: 596.

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