Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
Regulation 9
Applications in pending proceedings (P. 2, r. 9)
Subregulation 1
Where the Court does not make any order described in Rule 8, or where the Court has made an order as described in that Rule, after affidavits of evidence‑in‑chief of the witnesses have been filed and exchanged, the Court will give the necessary directions in respect of the following matters:
addition or removal of parties;
consolidation of actions;
division of issues at trial to be heard separately;
security for costs;
further and better particulars of pleadings;
amendment of pleadings;
filing of further pleadings;
striking out of part of an action or of the defence;
judgment on admission of facts;
determination of questions of law or construction of documents;
production of documents;
interim relief;
expert evidence and assessors;
independent witness and interested non‑parties;
independent counsel.
Subregulation 2
If further pleadings need to be filed, the Court will order such pleadings to be filed and served.
Subregulation 3
Pleadings after the defence or the defence to counterclaim cannot be filed without the Court’s approval.
Subregulation 4
Further affidavits cannot be filed for an originating application without the Court’s approval after the defendant files the defendant’s affidavit on the merits.
Subregulation 5
As far as possible, the Court will order each party to file a single application pending trial for all the matters stated in paragraph (1).
Subregulation 6
The Court will direct the party applying to file and serve an affidavit in support of the application and the other party to file and serve an affidavit in reply.
Subregulation 7
The application will be heard after all affidavits have been filed and served.
Subregulation 8
No other application may be taken out by any party at any time except as directed at the case conference or with the Court’s approval, unless it is an application for any of the following:
an injunction or a search order which may include an application for any other matter if it is incidental to the injunction or search order;
substituted service;
service out of Singapore;
setting aside service of an originating process;
striking out the whole of an action or a defence;
stay of the whole action;
stay of enforcement of a judgment or an order;
an application for an order under section 11A(2)(c), (d) or (e), (3)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), (5)(c), (d) or (e) or (6)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the Family Justice Act 2014;
an application for the permission of the Court —
to do anything otherwise prohibited under an order made under section 11A(2)(c) or (d), (3)(c) or (d), (5)(c) or (d) or (6)(c) or (d) of the Family Justice Act 2014; or
under section 11A(2)(e), (3)(e), (5)(e) or (6)(e) of the Family Justice Act 2014 (as the case may be) to file any application to amend, vary or discharge any order mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i);
an enforcement order;
permission to appeal;
transfer of proceedings under the Family Justice Act 2014;
setting aside third party proceedings;
permission to make an application for a committal order.
Subregulation 9
The Court’s approval to file further applications other than those directed at a case conference has to be sought by letter setting out the essence of the intended application and the reasons why it is necessary at that stage of the proceedings.
Subregulation 10
Except in a special case and with the trial Judge’s approval, no application may be taken out during the period starting 14 days before the commencement of the trial and ending when the Court has made its decision.
Subregulation 11
The trial Judge’s approval has to be sought by letter setting out the essence of the intended application and explaining why there is a special case.
Subregulation 12
All applications to the Court have to be served on all other parties to the application except where the other party cannot or need not be served.