Streamlining Procedures for Judicial Review: Legislative Amendments to the Singapore Rules of Court to Enhance Access to Justice

• Main Author: WONG, Denise Huiwen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Legislation; State and Local Government Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1262; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3215/viewcontent/Streamlining_Procedures_for_Judicial_Review.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Judicial review cannot serve as an effective check on administrative action unless aggrieved applicants have a real way to access the courts to obtain relief. In an admirable, albeit belated move, significant amendments were made to the Singapore Rules of Court to remove the procedural strictures in...