Singapore legislation
Clause 24
Clause 24
Representative claims
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), if two or more persons have claims against the same respondent, such claims may be brought in the name of one of such persons as the representative of some or all of them.
(2)
A tribunal may, if at any stage of the proceedings it considers that a representative claim may prejudice the respondent, order that the claims of all or any of the persons represented shall be heard separately.
(3)
Each person represented in a representative claim shall be deemed to have authorised the representative on his behalf to —
call and give evidence and make submissions to a tribunal on any matter arising during the hearing of the claim;
file affidavits, statements or other documents;
agree to an adjournment or change of venue;
agree to a settlement of the claim on such terms as he thinks fit;
amend or abandon the claim; and
act generally in as full and free a manner as such claimant may act on his own behalf.
(4)
The authority deemed to be given to a representative by subsection (3) shall not be withdrawn save by leave of the tribunal.
(5)
A tribunal may, at any time before determining any claim, grant leave to any person to join in the claim as a person represented on such terms as it may think fit.