Amendment No. 3 of 2024 (Practice Directions 2021)

It is hereby notified for general information that amendments have been made to Part IV, Part V, Part XII, Appendix A1 and Appendix C of the State Courts Practice Directions 2021. The amendments are summarised below: 

(1) amendments to Practice Direction 35 on The SMCL Process; 

(2) amendments to Practice Direction 36 on Civil Simplified Process;

(3) amendments to Practice Direction 37 on General Process;

(4) amendments to Practice Direction 39 on Personal Injury Claims and Non-injury Motor Accident (“NIMA”) Claims;

(5) amendments to Practice Direction 40 on Medical Negligence Claims;

(6) amendments to Practice Direction 41 on Claims in negligence (excluding medical negligence, personal injury and    non-injury motor accident (“NIMA”) claims);

(7) amendments to Practice Direction 45 on Assessment of Damages and Taking of Accounts;

(8) amendments to Practice Direction 52 on “Documents-only” Civil Trials and Assessments of Damages;

(9) amendments to Practice Direction 95 on Requests and other correspondence; 

(10) amendments to Form 7 (Recording Settlement / Entering Judgment by Consent (NIMA/PI/PIMA)) of Appendix A1;

(11) amendments to Form 11 (Quantum Neutral Evaluation Form) of Appendix A1;

(12) amendments to Form 12 (Joint Opening Statement (For Personal Injury Claims)) of Appendix A1;

(13) amendments to Form 13 (Joint Opening Statement (For Non-Injury Motor Accident Claims)) of Appendix A1;

(14) amendments to Form 14 (Joint Opening Statement (For General Claims excluding Personal Injury and Non-Injury Motor Accident claims)) of Appendix A1; and

(15) amendments to Appendix C on Guidelines for Court Dispute Resolution Case Conferences for Personal Injury Claims and Non-Injury Motor Accident Claims.

2 The amendments will take effect on 16 December 2024 and will be reflected at https://epd2021-statecourts.judiciary.gov.sg/ from 16 December 2024. 

3 Please find attached a document reflecting the marked-up amendments to the Practice Directions 2021.

Dated this 6th day of December 2024.