Civil Procedure Contents

1. Skill of lawyer

2. organization and structure of courts

a. SCJA
b. Sub courts
c. CA
d. High court
i. Juris
ii. Powers
iii. Appellate juris
e. District court
f. Magistrates court
g. Ref of constit qn
h. Registrar of supreme court
i. Registrar of sub court
j. Small claim Tribunal
k. Singapore mediation centre

3. sources of civ pro law

a. inherent juris of the court
b. ROC order 1 and 2

4. matters before commencing proceedings

a. preliminary matters
i. Locus standi
ii. Cause of action
iii. Limitation period
iv. Jurisdiction/Appropriate forum
v. Warrant to act
vi. Clients’ concerns and needs
vii. Conflict of interest
b. Service out of jurisdiction
c. Consolidation
d. Parties to action
i. Joinder, misjoinder and non-joinder
ii. Joinder of causes of action
iii. Counterclaim
iv. Whom to sue and how to sue

5. modes of commencement of proceedings in High court

a. changes after 2006
b. mode of commencement
i. when OS and when writ
c. procedure
i. OS
ii. Writ – see below

6. writ action
a. form and endorsements
b. issue, duration and renewal
c. service
i. general
ii. exceptions
iii. procedure for personal service
 iv. substituted service
v. ordinary service for summons
vi. no service
vii. affidavit of service
viii. dispensation of service
ix. memorandum of service
d. service out of jurisdiction
e. service of foreign process
f. appearance
g. pleadings
i. purpose
ii. statement of claim
iii. defence
iv. service
v. content of pleadings
vi. answering pleadings
vii. further and better particulars of pleadings
viii. power of amendment
h. default of pleadings
i. close of pleadings
j. trial without pleadings
k. third party procedure
l. security for costs

7. disposal of actions without trial

a. judgement in default of appearance and judgement in default of defence
i. other types of actions
1. admiralty
2. moneylenders
b. summary judgement
c. disposal of case on point of law
d. striking out of pleadings and actions
e. discontinuance and withdrawal
f. payment into court
g. offer to settle
h. judgments on admission
i. control of proceedings by court

8. control of proceedings by court

a. consolidation

9. pre trial procedures

a. discovery - Order 24
b. interrogatories – order 26
c. summons for directions – order 25
d. setting down – order 34
e. pre trial conferences – order 34A
f. dismissal for want of prosecution
10. the trial
a. matters before trial
i. review of evidence
ii. writ of subpoena – order 38
iii. witness preparation
 iv. evidence by deposition – order 39
v. court expert – order 40
vi. pre trial conference – order 34A
1. orders that registrar can make and breach of unless orders
vii. Documents lodged prior to trial Order 34 rule 3A
b. proceedings at trial order 35
i. no case to answer
c. judgments and orders

11. enforcement of judgments and orders

a. preliminary concepts
b. enforcement of money orders
i. writ of seizure and sale
1. movable
a. interpleader summons
2. immovable
3. writ of seizure and sale of securities
ii. garnishee proceedings
iii. apptment of receiver
iv. committal
c. judgments for possession of land
d. judgement for delivery of movable property
i. no alternative pf payment of assed value
ii. alternative
e. examination of judgement debtor
f. enforcement of injunctions
g. protection of interest in securities (stop orders
h. others
i. enforcement of foreign judgments
j. stay of execution

12. appellate procedure

a. appeal from registrar
b. appeal from judge
c. appeals to court of appeal

13. provisional remedies

a. introduction
b. interlocutory injunctions
c. mareva injunction
d. search order
e. holding injunction
f. samples to be taken
g. sale of perishable goods

14. Failure of plaintiff to prosecute

15. govt proceedings

16. judicial review

17. costs
- civil proced in general
o do section A first
o B – talk abt general issues/ authorities and general principles and exceptions/ then conclude
 Dont write long answer