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Role of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is part of the court system in Singapore that upholds the law and ensures justice is accessible to all. It has judicial power to hear both criminal and civil matters.

View the vision, mission and values of the Supreme Court.

Types of courts in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is made up of the following courts:

Jurisdiction: what the courts can hear

The courts within the Supreme Court deal with the following types of cases:

Court of Appeal

  • All criminal appeals against decisions made by the General Division in the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction.
  • Prescribed categories of civil appeals and appeals that are made to the Court of Appeal under written law. The prescribed categories of civil appeals are set out in the Sixth Schedule of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act.

Appellate Division of the High Court

  • Civil appeals that are not allocated to the Court of Appeal under the Sixth Schedule of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act.
  • Any civil appeals or other processes that any written law provides is to be heard by the Appellate Division.
  • It does not have criminal jurisdiction and does not hear criminal appeals.

General Division of the High Court

Both criminal and civil cases commenced in the General Division, which include:

  • All criminal offences committed in Singapore, including those that are punishable with death or an imprisonment term exceeding 10 years.
  • Civil cases where the value of the claim exceeds $250,000.

Matters which must be commenced in the General Division, which include:

  • Admiralty matters.
  • Company winding up and other insolvency-related proceedings.
  • Bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Applications for the admission of advocates and solicitors.

Appeals and other matters such as:

  • Criminal or civil appeals from the State Courts (District Courts and Magistrates’ Courts).
  • Appeals from tribunals.
  • Criminal revisions of State Courts decisions.
  • Cases under the specialised lists.

Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)

International commercial disputes, such as:

Cases may be commenced in the SICC or transferred from the General Division to the SICC.

Specialised lists in the General Division of the High Court

Specialised lists have been set up in the General Division. These specialised lists apply to cases in the General Division of the High Court other than those in the SICC. Each specialised list comprises docketed Judges, and a team of Assistant Registrars who manages the cases in consultation with the docketed Judges as appropriate. SICC cases are international and commercial cases managed by the SICC’s specialist judges and supported by the Assistant Registrars in the SICC Divisional Registry.

The docketed Judges on the specialised lists in the General Division comprise the following:

 

  • Justice Philip Jeyaretnam (Lead Judge)
  • Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy
  • Justice Vincent Hoong
  • Justice S. Mohan
  • Justice Andre Maniam
  • Justice Kwek Mean Luck
  • Justice Teh Hwee Hwee
  • Senior Judge Lee Seiu Kin
  • Judicial Commissioner Wong Li Kok Alex
  • Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan
  • Judicial Commissioner Mohamed Faizal
  • Justice Andre Maniam (Lead Judge)
  • Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy
  • Justice Chua Lee Ming
  • Justice Valerie Thean
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah
  • Justice Dedar Singh Gill
  • Justice S. Mohan
  • Justice Philip Jeyaretnam
  • Justice Kwek Mean Luck
  • Justice Hri Kumar Nair
  • Justice Goh Yihan
  • Judicial Commissioner Wong Li Kok Alex
  • Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan
  • Judicial Commissioner Kristy Tan
  • Justice Chua Lee Ming
  • Justice Valerie Thean
  • Justice Hoo Sheau Peng
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah
  • Justice Audrey Lim
  • Justice Dedar Singh Gill
  • Justice Andre Maniam
  • Justice Kwek Mean Luck
  • Justice Kannan Ramesh (Co-Lead Judge)
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah (Co-Lead Judge)

Corporate Insolvency

(Contested Liquidations, Scheme & Judicial Management Matters)

  • Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy
  • Justice Chua Lee Ming
  • Justice Audrey Lim
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Andre Maniam
  • Justice Philip Jeyaretnam
  • Justice Hri Kumar Nair
  • Justice Goh Yihan
  • Judicial Commissioner Wong Li Kok Alex
  • Judicial Commissioner Kristy Tan

Company, Trusts & Insolvency (other than Corporate Insolvency)

  • Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy
  • Justice Chua Lee Ming
  • Justice Valerie Thean
  • Justice Hoo Sheau Peng
  • Justice Audrey Lim
  • Justice Philip Jeyaretnam
  • Justice Hri Kumar Nair
  • Justice Goh Yihan
  • Judicial Commissioner Wong Li Kok Alex
  • Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan
  • Judicial Commissioner Kristy Tan
  • Judicial Commissioner Mohamed Faizal

Note: Refer to the Guide for the Conduct of Companies, Insolvency, Equity and Trust, and Arbitration suits for more information on the case management features and specialist practices developed by the Supreme Court in the management of cases relating to companies, insolvency, equity and trust. These supplement the Rules of Court and the Supreme Court Practice Directions.

  • Justice Philip Jeyaretnam (Co-Lead Judge)
  • Justice Andre Maniam (Co-Lead Judge)
  • Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy
  • Justice Chua Lee Ming
  • Justice S. Mohan
  • Justice Hri Kumar Nair
  • Judicial Commissioner Wong Li Kok Alex
  • Judicial Commissioner Kristy Tan

Note: Refer to the Guide for the Conduct of Companies, Insolvency, Equity and Trust, and Arbitration suits and the Guide for the Conduct of Arbitration Originating Summons for more information on the case management features and specialist practices developed by the Supreme Court in the management of cases relating to arbitration. These supplement the Rules of Court and the Supreme Court Practice Directions.

  • Justice S. Mohan (Lead Judge)
  • Justice Chua Lee Ming
  • Justice Pang Khang Chau
  • Justice Vincent Hoong
  • Justice Kwek Mean Luck
  • Judicial Commissioner Kristy Tan

Note: Refer to the Admiralty Court Guide for more information on the case management features and specialist procedures for admiralty cases in Singapore. This supplements the Rules of Court.

  • Justice Dedar Singh Gill (Lead Judge)
  • Justice Valerie Thean
  • Justice Hoo Sheau Peng
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah
  • Justice Mavis Chionh
  • Justice Andre Maniam
  • Justice Goh Yihan

Note: Refer to the Intellectual Property Court guide for more information on the Intellectual Property (IP) Court's case management features and specialist practices. This applies to all cases under the IP Court. This supplements the Rules of Court and the  Supreme Court Practice Directions.

  • Justice Choo Han Teck
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah
  • Justice Mavis Chionh
  • Judicial Commissioner Wong Li Kok Alex

Defamation, professional negligence, statutory tort

  • Justice Choo Han Teck
  • Justice Valerie Thean
  • Justice Pang Khang Chau
  • Justice Vincent Hoong
  • Justice Dedar Singh Gill
  • Justice Mavis Chionh
  • Justice Hri Kumar Nair
  • Justice Goh Yihan
  • Justice Teh Hwee Hwee
  • Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan
  • Judicial Commissioner Mohamed Faizal

Medical negligence

  • Justice Choo Han Teck
  • Justice Pang Khang Chau
  • Justice Mavis Chionh
  • Justice Philip Jeyaretnam
  • Justice Hri Kumar Nair
  • Justice Goh Yihan
  • Justice Teh Hwee Hwee
  • Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan
  • Judicial Commissioner Kristy Tan
  • Judicial Commissioner Mohamed Faizal

  • Justice Valerie Thean
  • Justice Hoo Sheau Peng
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah
  • Justice Pang Khang Chau
  • Justice Audrey Lim
  • Justice Vincent Hoong
  • Justice Dedar Singh Gill
  • Justice Mavis Chionh
  • Justice S. Mohan
  • Justice Andre Maniam
  • Justice Philip Jeyaretnam
  • Justice Hri Kumar Nair
  • Senior Judge Tan Siong Thye
  • Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan
  • Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon
  • Justice Tay Yong Kwang
  • Justice Kannan Ramesh
  • Justice See Kee Oon
  • Justice Hoo Sheau Peng
  • Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah
  • Justice Vincent Hoong
  • Justice Dedar Singh Gill

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