THE RULES OF COURT 2021: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE BAR More than two years have passed since the Rules of Court 2021 (“ROC 2021”) came into effect. The new ROC 2021 promises modernisation, enhanced speed and efficiency of adjudication, as well as procedural fairness, and has brought about significant changes in the civil litigation process. Through the lenses of efficiency, fairness to litigants, and judicial control, this article aims to provide a practitioner's perspective on select areas of the ROC 2021 through a comparative analysis with its predecessor regime, the Rules of Court (2014 Rev Ed).

• Publication year: 2024
• Author: KOH Swee Yen SC LLB (First Class Honours) (National University of Singapore); Head, International Arbitration Practice and Partner, Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice, WongPartnership LLP; Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), Solicitor (England & Wales), Registered Practitioner (DIFC Courts). Joel QUEK LLB (First Class Honours) (University College London), LLM (Cambridge); Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore); Partner, Commercial & Corporate Disputes and International Arbitration Practices, WongPartnership LLP. LIN Chunlong LLB (Magna Cum Laude) (Singapore Management University); Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore); Partner, Commercial & Corporate Disputes and Commodities & International Trade Practices, WongPartnership LLP. Samuel LOW LLB (First Class Honours) (University College London); Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore); Associate, WongPartnership LLP.