Amendment No. 2 of 2025 (Practice Directions 2013)

It is notified that amendments have been made to Parts II, VI, VIII, XI, XII, XIII, XX and Appendix A of the Supreme Court Practice Directions 2013. The amendments are summarised below:

(1) amendments to paragraph 12A on Request for urgent hearing before Judge;

(2) amendments to paragraph 57 on Form of affidavits;

(3) amendments to paragraph 59 on Documentary exhibits to affidavits;

(4) introduction of new paragraph 68A on Formatting requirements for documents filed in or submitted to the General Division of the High Court;

(5) amendments to paragraph 69 on Filing of documents and authorities for use in Court;

(6) amendments to paragraph 70 on Bundle of documents filed on setting down;

(7) amendments to paragraph 71 on Documents for use in trials of writ actions in open Court;

(8) amendments to paragraph 72 on Bundles of authorities for other open Court Hearings;

(9) amendments to paragraph 87 on Filing of records of appeal, core bundles and written Cases for civil appeals under Order 56A, Rules 8 and 9 and Order 57, Rules 9 and 9A of the Rules of Court;

(10) amendments to paragraph 88 on Hard copies and soft copies for hearing of civil appeals before the Court of Appeal and civil appeals before the Appellate Division;

(11) amendments to paragraph 89 on Preparation of appeal records in civil appeals to the Court of Appeal and civil appeals to the Appellate Division;

(12) amendments to paragraph 90 on Skeletal arguments for appeals and matters before the General Division, Appellate Division, Court of Appeal and Court of 3 Judges;

(13) amendments to paragraph 90A on Applications in civil matters before the Court of Appeal and civil matters before the Appellate Division;

(14) amendments to paragraph 90B on Applications to the Court of Appeal, and applications to the Appellate Division, for leave to appeal in civil matters;

(15) amendments to paragraph 94 on Form of bill of costs;

(16) amendments to paragraph 107 on Pagination of documents;

(17) amendments to paragraph 146 on Documents for use in open Court trials of contested winding-up applications;

(18) amendments to the following Forms under Appendix A:

(a) Form 31A (Submissions for Application for Leave to Appeal against a Decision of the General Division (Applicant));

(b) Form 31B (Submissions for Application for Leave to Appeal against a Decision of the General Division (Respondent));

(c) Form 32A (Submissions for Application for Leave to Appeal against a Decision of the Appellate Division (Applicant)); and

(d) Form 32B (Submissions for Application for Leave to Appeal against a Decision of the Appellate Division (Respondent)).

2     The amendments will take effect on 1 September 2025 and will be reflected at https://epd2013-supremecourt.judiciary.gov.sg/ from 1 September 2025.

3     Please find attached a document reflecting the marked-up amendments to the Supreme Court Practice Directions 2013.

Dated this 18th day of August 2025