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---- How to respond to a bankruptcy application (from 1 April 2022)
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---- Appeal against a court decision in a bankruptcy case
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---- Apply to annul (cancel) a bankruptcy order
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---- Apply for discharge from bankruptcy
-- Bills of sale: registration and renewal (from 1 April 2022)
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----- File and serve an originating claim (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
----- File and serve pleadings (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
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---- Start a civil claim (originating application) (from 1 April 2022)
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----- How to respond to an originating claim (from 1 April 2022)
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----- How to respond to an originating claim (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
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--- Prepare a civil case for trial (from 1 April 2022)
---- Filing a Single Application Pending Trial (SAPT) (from 1 April 2022)
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----- Case conference in the State Courts
------ What is a case conference
------ The specially managed civil list framework
------ The simplified process framework
------ The court dispute resolution framework
------ The general process framework
---- File an interlocutory application (from 1 April 2022)
---- Production of documents (from 1 April 2022)
---- Concurrent expert evidence procedure (from 1 April 2022)
---- Set down for trial (from 1 April 2022)
--- Going to court for a civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
---- File documents for use in a civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
---- Arriving in court for a civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
---- At your civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
--- Going to court (simplified civil process) (from 1 Apr 2022)
---- Going to court for a civil simplified case conference (from 1 April 2022)
----- What is a civil simplified case conference (from 1 Apr 2022)
----- Prepare for a civil simplified case conference (from 1 Apr 2022)
----- At your civil simplified case conference (from 1 Apr 2022)
---- Going to court for a simplified civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
----- File documents for use in a simplified civil trial (from 1 Apr 2022)
----- Arriving in court for a simplified civil trial (from 1 Apr 2022)
----- At your simplified civil trial (from 1 Apr 2022)
--- Enforce an order or judgment (from 1 April 2022)
---- Examination of enforcement respondent (from 1 April 2022)
----- File an Order for Examination of Enforcement Respondent (from 1 April 2022)
----- Respond to an Order for Examination of Enforcement Respondent (from 1 April 2022)
---- Single enforcement application (from 1 April 2022)
---- Committal proceedings (from 1 April 2022)
---- Registration of a foreign judgment (from 1 April 2022)
--- Civil appeals (from 1 April 2022)
---- Civil appeals against State Courts decisions (from 1 April 2022)
----- Civil appeals against decisions by a State Courts Registrar (from 1 April 2022)
----- Civil appeals against decisions by State Courts district judges or magistrates (from 1 April 2022)
---- Civil appeals against decisions of the General Division of the High Court and the Appellate Division of the High Court (from 1 April 2022)
----- Civil appeals against decisions made by a registrar in the General Division of the High Court (from 1 April 2022)
----- Civil appeals against decisions made by a judge in the General Division of the High Court (from 1 April 2022)
----- Civil appeals against decisions made by the Appellate Division of the High Court (from 1 April 2022)
--- Award of costs or damages (from 1 April 2022)
---- Costs and costs orders (from 1 April 2022)
---- Assessment of Bill of Costs (from 1 April 2022)
----- About assessment of costs (from 1 April 2022)
----- File a Bill of Costs (from 1 April 2022)
----- At your assessment hearing (from 1 April 2022)
---- Assessment of damages (from 1 April 2022)
---- Taking of accounts (from 1 April 2022)
-- Community and neighbour disputes
--- File a neighbour dispute claim
---- Cases eligible for a neighbour dispute claim
---- Example cases of neighbour disputes
---- Prepare evidence for a neighbour dispute claim
---- How to file and serve a neighbour dispute claim
--- Respond to a neighbour dispute claim
---- How to respond to a neighbour dispute claim
--- Going to court for a neighbour dispute
---- Before going to court for a neighbour dispute claim
---- At your neighbour dispute claim pre-trial or case conference
---- At your neighbour dispute claim hearing
---- Understand the outcomes of a neighbour dispute claim
--- Appeal against a neighbour dispute claim order
---- Appeal against a neighbour dispute claim order made by a registrar
---- Appeal against a neighbour dispute claim order made by a tribunal
--- Set aside a neighbour dispute claim order made in your absence
--- Enforce a neighbour dispute claim order
---- Apply for a special direction
---- Apply for a person to enter into a compliance bond
---- Apply for an exclusion order
-- Company winding up
-- Employment claims
--- File an employment claim
---- Cases eligible for an employment claim
---- How to file and serve an employment claim
--- Respond to an employment claim
---- How to respond to an employment claim
--- Going to court for an employment claim
---- Before going to court for an employment claim
---- At your employment claims case management conference
---- At your employment claims hearing
--- Appeal against an employment claims order
---- Appeal against an employment claims order made by a registrar
---- Appeal against an employment claims order made by a tribunal
--- Set aside an employment claims order made in your absence
--- Enforce an employment claims order
--- Register a settlement agreement
--- Set aside registration of a settlement agreement
-- Mortgage actions
-- Powers of attorney
-- Protection from harassment
--- Before filing for protection from harassment: understand the remedies
--- File for protection from harassment
---- Cases eligible for protection from harassment
---- How to file and serve a protection from harassment application
--- Respond to a protection from harassment application
---- How to respond to a protection from harassment application
--- Understand the outcomes of a protection from harassment application
--- Prepare evidence for a protection from harassment case
--- Going to court for protection from harassment
---- Before going to court for your protection from harassment application
---- At your protection from harassment case management conference or case conference
---- At your protection from harassment hearing
--- Appeal against a protection from harassment decision
---- Appeal against a protection from harassment decision by a deputy registrar
---- Appeal against a protection from harassment decision by a judge
--- Set aside a protection from harassment order made in your absence
--- Enforce a protection from harassment order
--- Vary, suspend or cancel a protection from harassment order
-- Small claims
--- File a small claim
---- Cases eligible for a small claim
---- How to file and serve a small claim
--- Respond to a small claim
---- How to respond to a small claim
--- Understand the outcomes of a small claim
--- Going to court for a small claim
---- Before going to court for a small claim
---- At your small claims consultation
---- At your small claims hearing
--- Set aside a small claims order made in your absence
--- Execute or enforce a small claims order
--- Appeal against a small claims order
-- Rules of Court 2021
--- Digest 1
--- Digest 2A
--- Digest 2B
--- Digest 3
--- Digest 4
--- Digest 5
--- Digest 6A
--- Digest 6B
--- Digest 7
--- Digest 8
--- The applicable Rules of Court for matters before the courts
- Family
-- Adoption
--- File an application for an adoption order
--- After filing: submit additional documents for adoption
--- Going to court for adoption
-- Care and protection for children and young persons
--- Care and protection orders: overview
--- Understand the care and protection order application process
-- Divorce
--- Understand the requirements for getting a divorce
--- File a divorce application (simplified track)
---- How to file divorce papers (simplified track)
---- At an uncontested divorce hearing (simplified track)
--- File a divorce application (normal track)
---- Prepare your divorce papers (normal track)
---- How to file and serve divorce papers (normal track)
---- Set down a divorce case (normal track)
--- Respond to a divorce application (normal track)
---- How to respond to a divorce application (normal track)
--- Going to court for a divorce application
---- At your divorce hearing (normal track)
---- Going to court for ancillary matters
----- At your ancillary matters case conference
----- At your ancillary matters hearing
-- Deputyship
--- Before applying to be a deputy
--- File a simplified deputyship application
---- How to file a simplified deputyship application
--- File a deputyship application (standard process)
---- How to file a deputyship application (standard process)
--- Going to court for deputyship
--- Object to a deputyship application
-- Direct judicial communication for international family proceedings affecting children
-- Family Justice Courts appeals
--- Appeal against a decision by a Family Courts district judge or magistrate
--- Appeal against a decision by the Youth Courts
-- Family guidance for children and young persons
--- Family guidance orders: overview
--- Apply for a family guidance order
--- At your family guidance order application hearing
-- Guardianship
--- File a guardianship application
--- Going to court for a guardianship application
-- International child abduction
--- File an international child abduction application
--- Respond to an international child abduction application
--- Going to court for an international child abduction application
-- Probate and administration
--- Apply for probate
---- How to file for a Grant of Probate
--- Apply for letters of administration
---- How to file for a Grant of Letters of Administration
--- File the supporting documents (probate or administration)
--- Going to court for a probate or administration hearing
--- Issuance of the probate or administration grant
-- Protection against family violence
--- Apply for a personal protection order
---- How to file a personal protection order application
--- Respond to a personal protection order application
--- Going to court for a personal protection order application
---- At your personal protection order application court mention
---- Attend counselling and family conferences for personal protection order cases
---- Going to court for a personal protection order application hearing
----- Prepare for a personal protection order application hearing
----- At your personal protection order application hearing
---- Understand the outcomes of a personal protection order application
-- Protection for vulnerable adults
--- Apply to protect a vulnerable adult
--- Going to court for a vulnerable adult application
-- Maintenance
--- File a maintenance application
---- How to apply for, enforce, vary, rescind or suspend a maintenance order
---- How to file an E-Template Statement (ETS) for selected maintenance applications
--- Respond to a maintenance application
--- Going to court for a maintenance application
---- At your court mention for maintenance
---- At your maintenance hearing
--- Attend maintenance mediation
--- Understand the outcomes of a maintenance application
-- Mediation and counselling in the Family Justice Courts
--- Mediation at the Family Dispute Resolution Division
---- Family neutral evaluation (pilot)
--- Counselling and Psychological Services
-- Syariah Court orders
- Alternatives to trial
-- State Courts' Court Dispute Resolution Cluster
-- Mediation
--- What is mediation (from 1 April 2022)
--- Going for mediation in the State Courts (from 1 April 2022)
--- What is mediation
--- Going for mediation in the State Courts
-- Conciliation
--- What is conciliation (from 1 April 2022)
--- Going for conciliation in the State Courts (from 1 April 2022)
--- What is conciliation
--- Going for conciliation in the State Courts
-- Neutral evaluation
--- What is neutral evaluation (from 1 April 2022)
--- Going for neutral evaluation in the State Courts (from 1 April 2022)
--- What is neutral evaluation
--- Going for neutral evaluation in the State Courts
-- Settle a tribunal or protection from harassment dispute online: eNegotiation or eMediation
- Judgments
-- Judgments and case summaries
-- Case briefs by the Singapore Management University
--- Iskandar bin Rahmat v Law Society of Singapore
--- Chan Yun Cheong v Chan Chi Cheong
--- SCK Serijadi Sdn Bhd v Artison Interior Pte Ltd
--- Zainal bin Hamad v Public Prosecutor
--- Douglas Foo Peow Yong v ERC Prime II Pte Ltd and another appeal and other matters
--- Glaziers Engineering Pte Ltd v WCS Engineering Construction Pte Ltd
--- Mui Jia Jun v Public Prosecutor
--- Adri Anton Kalangie v Public Prosecutor
--- Public Prosecutor v Raveen Balakrishnan
--- UDA v UDB and another
--- Lee Tat Cheng v Maka GPS Technologies Pte Ltd
--- Zainudin bin Mohamed v Public Prosecutor
--- Miao Weiguo v Tendcare Medical Group Holdings Pte Ltd and another
--- Sun Electric Power Pte Ltd v RCMA Asia Pte Ltd
--- Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin v Public Prosecutor
--- The Online Citizen Pte Ltd v Attorney-General and another appeal and other matters
--- Charles Lim Teng Siang and another v Hong Choon Hau and another
--- Noor Azlin bte Abdul Rahman and another v Changi General Hospital Pte Ltd
--- Jumadi bin Abdullah v Public Prosecutor
--- The “Luna” and another appeal
--- M Raveendran v Public Prosecutor
--- CBX and another v CBZ and others
--- Ahmed Salim v Public Prosecutor
--- Public Prosecutor V Takaaki Masui
--- Ong Jane Rebecca V Lim Lie Hao
--- Teo Seng Tiong v Public Prosecutor
--- Public Prosecutor v Pang Chie Wei and others
--- Republic of India v Vedanta Resources plc
--- iVenture Card Ltd and others v Big Bus Singapore City Sightseeing Pte Ltd and others
--- Esben Finance Ltd and others v Wong Hou-Lianq Neil
--- Roshdi bin Abdullah Altway v Public Prosecutor
--- Janesh s/o Rajkumar v Unknown Person
--- Ong Kian Peng Julian v Singapore Medical Council and other matters
--- UJM v UJL
--- VEW v VEV
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Get support as a vulnerable witness
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How to prepare a statutory declaration
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How to represent an entity in court
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Prepare a child to attend court
Represent yourself in court: rights and responsibilities
Criminal
Bail
Bailor eligibility and duties
What can be pledged as security for bail
Post bail for an accused person
Bail for youth offenders
When a bailor can discharge themselves
If an accused person needs to leave Singapore on bail
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Charged with a crime
Represent yourself in a Criminal Mentions Court
What is a Criminal Mentions Court
At your court mention
Reading of your charges
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Represent yourself in a criminal trial
Pre-trial conference
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Prepare for a criminal trial
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The prosecution's case and witnesses
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Request an ancillary hearing
Closing submissions and verdict
Represent yourself at sentencing
Prepare your mitigation plea
At your sentencing
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Dispute facts in a Newton hearing
Pronouncement of sentence
Types of sentences
Community based sentences
Charged with a traffic or regulatory offence
What are traffic and regulatory offences
Attend Night Court or Traffic Court
When you can plead guilty by letter
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Youth arrest
Youth arrest overview and process
What happens at a youth arrest hearing
Court orders for youth offenders
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How parents can help youth offenders
Civil
Admiralty proceedings (from 1 April 2022)
Admiralty proceedings
Appeals under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) (from 1 April 2022)
Appeals under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA)
Bankruptcy
File for bankruptcy for yourself (from 1 April 2022)
What it means to be a bankrupt (from 1 April 2022)
How to file for bankruptcy for yourself (from 1 April 2022)
File for bankruptcy against another party (from 1 April 2022)
What it means to make a debtor a bankrupt (from 1 April 2022)
Serve a statutory demand on a debtor (from 1 April 2022)
Serve a statutory demand on a debtor
How to file for bankruptcy against another party (from 1 April 2022)
Respond to a bankruptcy application (from 1 April 2022)
Respond to a bankruptcy application
How to respond to a bankruptcy application (from 1 April 2022)
How to respond to a bankruptcy application
Going to court for a bankruptcy hearing
Attend a bankruptcy hearing as a creditor
Attend a bankruptcy hearing as a debtor
What happens after you are declared a bankrupt
Respond to a statutory demand (from 1 April 2022)
Respond to a statutory demand
Appeal against a court decision in a bankruptcy case (from 1 April 2022)
Appeal against a court decision in a bankruptcy case
Apply to annul (cancel) a bankruptcy order (from 1 April 2022)
Apply to annul (cancel) a bankruptcy order
Apply for discharge from bankruptcy (from 1 April 2022)
Apply for discharge from bankruptcy
Bills of sale: registration and renewal (from 1 April 2022)
Bills of sale: registration and renewal
Civil claims (from 1 April 2022)
Start a civil claim (from 1 April 2022)
Start a civil claim by originating claim (from 1 April 2022)
File and serve pleadings (from 1 April 2022)
Apply to enter a default judgment (from 1 April 2022)
Start a civil claim by originating claim (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
File and serve an originating claim (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
File and serve pleadings (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
Apply to enter a default judgment (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
Start a civil claim (originating application) (from 1 April 2022)
File and serve an originating claim (from 1 April 2022)
Respond to a civil claim (from 1 April 2022)
Respond to a civil claim made by an originating claim (from 1 April 2022)
How to respond to an originating claim (from 1 April 2022)
Respond to a civil claim (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
How to respond to an originating claim (simplified civil process) (from 1 April 2022)
Respond to a civil claim made by an originating application (from 1 April 2022)
Prepare a civil case for trial (from 1 April 2022)
Filing a Single Application Pending Trial (SAPT) (from 1 April 2022)
Attend a civil case conference (from 1 April 2022)
Case conference in the State Courts
What is a case conference
The specially managed civil list framework
The simplified process framework
The court dispute resolution framework
The general process framework
File an interlocutory application (from 1 April 2022)
Production of documents (from 1 April 2022)
Concurrent expert evidence procedure (from 1 April 2022)
Set down for trial (from 1 April 2022)
Going to court for a civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
File documents for use in a civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
Arriving in court for a civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
At your civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
Going to court (simplified civil process) (from 1 Apr 2022)
Going to court for a civil simplified case conference (from 1 April 2022)
What is a civil simplified case conference (from 1 Apr 2022)
Prepare for a civil simplified case conference (from 1 Apr 2022)
At your civil simplified case conference (from 1 Apr 2022)
Going to court for a simplified civil trial (from 1 April 2022)
File documents for use in a simplified civil trial (from 1 Apr 2022)
Arriving in court for a simplified civil trial (from 1 Apr 2022)
At your simplified civil trial (from 1 Apr 2022)
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Single enforcement application (from 1 April 2022)
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M Raveendran v Public Prosecutor
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