Hearing essential and urgent court matters during the COVID-19 pandemic

This chapter discusses the hearing of essential and urgent court matters in the Singapore courts during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 march 2020, the Singapore judiciary notified courst users that remote hearings were to be implemented for certain types of hearings by means of video and telephone con...

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Main Authors: LAU, Kwan Ho, XU, Daryl
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3208
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5166/viewcontent/SMU_SOL_Law_and_COVID_HearingCourts_pv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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Summary:This chapter discusses the hearing of essential and urgent court matters in the Singapore courts during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 march 2020, the Singapore judiciary notified courst users that remote hearings were to be implemented for certain types of hearings by means of video and telephone conferencing facilities. Court users were also provided with indicative lists of matters which might be considered essential and urgent.