Amendment No. 2 of 2025 (Practice Directions 2021)

It is notified that amendments have been made to Parts 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19 and 22 of the Supreme Court Practice Directions 2021. The amendments are summarised below:

(1) amendments to paragraph 37 on Form of documents;

(2) amendments to paragraph 38 on Pagination of documents;

(3) amendments to paragraph 78 on Form of affidavits;

(4) amendments to paragraph 80 on Documentary exhibits to affidavits;

(5) amendments to paragraph 87 on Request for urgent hearing before Judge;

(6) amendments to paragraph 101 on Filing of documents and authorities for use in Court generally;

(7) amendments to paragraph 102 on Documents for use in trials of originating claims in open court;

(8) amendments to paragraph 113 on Civil Appeals from the State Courts to the General Division;

(9) amendments to paragraph 120 on Formatting requirements for written Cases and written submissions;

(10) amendments to paragraph 121 on Preparation of records of appeal, written Cases, written submissions and core bundles;

(11) amendments to paragraph 122 on Filing of appeal records and provision of hard and soft copies of documents;

(12) amendments to paragraph 131 on Form of bill of costs;

(13) amendments to paragraph 162 on Documents for use in open court trials of contested winding-up applications;

(14) amendments to paragraph 167 on Written submissions for criminal appeals and other criminal matters before the Court of Appeal and the General Division.

2     The amendments will take effect on 1 September 2025 and will be reflected at https://epd2021-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 2021.

Dated this 18th day of August 2025