Based on user feedback, we have made the following enhancements:

For more information, please:

• go to eLitigation.sg > FAQ > eService > eServe documents to Individuals – Singpass app Inbox or
• click here for the User Guide.

Get queue tickets for physical or virtual attendance at High Court hearings (except for Duty Registrar hearings) through the SG Courts Mobile App. 

Benefits:

• Convenient and efficient – You may use your handphone to obtain queue tickets instead of having to travel to the Supreme Court to obtain your queue ticket physically from the kiosk, especially if you are attending a hearing virtually.
• Realtime update – You can choose to receive SMS or App-based push-notifications. You will start receiving these notifications when you are fifth in the queue (i.e. there are 4 people ahead of you in the queue).

Please refer to the URL https://judiciary-epd.gitbook.io/sg-courts-mobile-app-user-guide for the user guide, FAQs and release notes.

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About the SG Courts Mobile App

The SG Courts Mobile App allows you to access your court matters on the go:

1. access your case files and court documents online;
2. check hearing calendars to confirm your hearing dates and venues; 
3. get push notifications from the court about your cases and other cases handled by your firm; and
4. get queue tickets for High Court hearings (excluding Duty Registrar hearings).

Download the SG Courts Mobile App now via the App Store (Apple/iOS) and Play Store (Google/Android).

The Document Signing Service (DSS) on eLitigation is a convenient, secure and free service for digitally signing documents online.

Based on user feedback, we have made major upgrades to DSS –

• Enhanced privacy: DSS Documents can only be accessed by arrangers and law firm administrators.
• Simple delegation: Arrangers and law firm administrators can transfer ownership of DSS Documents to other users within the law firm.
• Better tracking: Arrangers can easily review the progress of their requests and identify current pending signers.
• Greater control: Arrangers can cancel pending requests. Notifications will be sent to designated signing parties with valid email addresses.
• Better organisation: Focus on active requests. Completed, expired, cancelled or lapsed documents will be automatically archived after 14 days, with attachments removed.

Thank you for your kind support and feedback. We will continue to enhance DSS with your suggestions.

Signature Validation Check: GovTech has recently published a Quick User Guide, providing information on how users can configure Adobe Acrobat Reader to automatically validate the digital signature generated using Sign with Singpass in a signed document. View the Sign with Singpass Quick User Guide here: https://go.gov.sg/sign-with-singpass-quick-user-guide.

The Supreme Court will be conducting a pilot for Asynchronous Hearings and eLitigation has been enhanced with new features to facilitate such Asynchronous Hearings, including:

• Instant messaging
• Document sharing
• Task lists and deadline tracking 
• Issuance of orders and directions by the Court
• Quick search for Asynchronous Hearing messages and documents

The Court will write to lawyers who are eLitigation subscribers in appropriate cases to invite them to participate in the pilot for Asynchronous Hearings. Parties will be able to participate remotely for such Asynchronous Hearings via the eLitigation website at their own time, within the schedule fixed by the Court.

Learn more at eLitigation.sg > FAQ > Asynchronous Hearings.

The Document Signing Service (DSS) on eLitigation is a convenient, secure and free service for digitally signing documents online: 

+ eLitigation subscribers can request for digital signatures for any type of document*; and

+ Signers are designated to sign (using Singpass) in a specific sequence
 

* DSS may be used to digitally sign non-Court documents as well.
 
 
Based on user feedback, we have enhanced DSS – If the arranger specifies the signers’ email addresses during the document setup process, the signers will:
 
+ Automatically receive an email notification when it is their turn to sign the document;

+ Automatically receive an email notification with a PDF of the signed document, when all signatures have been received.
 
 

DSS will be enhanced further when we receive more feedback and suggestions! Further enhancements are already planned. Watch this space!

The Document Signing Service (DSS) is now available at eLitigation.sg for all eLitigation subscribers. eLitigation subscribers can arrange for documents to be digitally signed by anyone with the Singpass Mobile App.

Requesting signatures is easy and free:

• Go to eLitigation.sg  >  Document Signing Service  >  Prepare New Request
• Designate signer(s) and their respective signing deadlines
• Upload a PDF of the document to be signed
• Add signature placeholders wherever signatures are required
• Contact signers with access details for the document
• Download the final document after all signatures are completed

Detailed guides available at eLitigation.sg  >  FAQ  >  Document Signing Service (DSS) Guide

1) The Rules of Court 2021 will take effect from 1 April 2022. 

2) eLitigation has been updated to enable filings pursuant to the Rules of Court 2021.

3) The following filings submitted on or after 1 April 2022 will be subject to Rules of Court 2021.

• Originating Application (OA)
• Originating Claim (OC)
• Bankruptcy (B and OSB) cases
• Admiralty (ADM) cases
• Companies Winding Up (CWU)
• Civil Appeals (CA) to the Court of Appeal and Appellate Division
• SICC Cases and Appeals
• Certain enforcement filings (see #5)

4) All filings submitted before 1 April 2022 (by 31 March 2022 23:59 hours) will continue to be processed pursuant to Rules of Court 2014.

5) Enforcement procedures under the Rules of Court 2014 will continue to apply to civil proceedings which are commenced before 1 April 2022. 

Generally, enforcement procedures under the Rules of Court 2021 will only apply to civil proceedings which are commenced on or after 1 April 2022.

For the enforcement of orders obtained in the Small Claims Tribunal or Employment Claims Tribunal, the Rules of Court 2021 will apply to enforcement proceedings commenced on or after 1 April 2022.

For the enforcement of orders obtained in the Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals (“CDRT”) or Protection from Harassment Court (Simplified Proceedings) (“PHC (Simplified”), enforcement procedures under the Rules of Court 2021 will apply to CDRT or PHC (Simplified) proceedings which are commenced on or after 1 April 2022.

6) Draft filings listed in the “Draft” tab of your eLitigation Home screen will be REMOVED after 31 March 2022 23:59 hours. Draft filings to the Family Justice Courts will not be affected. To avoid losing data, please (a) complete and submit these filings by 31 March 2022 23:59 hours, or (b) copy the necessary details to a local file.

7) To find out more about the changes, please visit https://www.judiciary.gov.sg/new-rules-of-court-2021 

8) eLitigation FAQs are available at https://www.elitigation.sg/_layouts/IELS/HomePage/Pages/PortalFaq.aspx > e-Filing and procedural matters under Rules of Court 2021.

9) User guides are available at https://www.elitigation.sg/_layouts/IELS/HomePage/Pages/ReferenceCentre.aspx > Quick Filing Guides.

Please note that with effect from 1 May 2022, the eLitigation helpdesk will be operating from 7am to 7pm daily.

Attendance before the Duty Registrar in the Supreme Court will be by way of video conferencing, unless otherwise directed.

Parties may contact the Case Management Officer (for cases with case reference numbers) or the Registry by way of email (SUPCT_Registry@judiciary.gov.sg) or telephone (6557 7495) (in all other cases) to notify the Court of the relevant case details, nature of attendance and the date and time that he/she wishes to attend before the Duty Registrar.

Appeals against a Minister’s direction or declaration made under the PROTECTION FROM ONLINE FALSEHOODS AND MANIPULATION ACT can be filed in eLitigation via Originating Summons filing with effect from 2 Oct 2019. Please ensure that in doing so, you answer the question “Are you filing this Originating Summons as an appeal to the High Court pursuant to the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA)?” in Step 1 of your filing with “Yes”.   

For more information and details on the above, please refer to the following:

(a)   FAQs located under FAQs >> e-Filing and Procedural Matters> Originating Summons under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA)

(b)   Originating Summons (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act) User Guide located under Reference Centre >> Quick Filing Guides

Please note that the eLitigation system will not be available during the following time:

Every Thursday 10:00pm to Friday 1:00am

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.