Value Added Services for eLitigation
ELECTRONIC SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
The Electronic Service of Documents (e-serve) allows non-subscribing law firms or
litigants-in-person to serve court documents on other registered law firms (subscribers)
electronically via the eLitigation system. Documents which are accepted for filing
and e-served are deemed to be in compliance with Order 63A of the Rules of Court.
A certificate of service will be automatically generated by the system.
CHECKING STATUS OF DOCUMENTS FILED
Get instant updates on the status of the documents filed by registering for SMS
alerts and e-mail notifications when submitting documents
at the Service Bureaux.
An online status checking utility is also available for documents filed. Please
go to www.elitigation.sg
and enter the 'Service Bureaux Acknowledgement Slip Number' provided by the Service
Bureaux.
Alternatively, you may inquire about the application status by emailing or faxing
to the respective Service Bureaux.
FILE INSPECTION
Inspection of case files can only be conducted at the Service Bureaux's premises
upon the launch of eLitigation. However, the Family Court's case files will continue
to be conducted only at the Family Court's counters.
A copy of the Court's approval for file inspection should be presented at the Service
Bureaux for verification prior to inspection. Only the inspecting party stated in
the approval reply will be authorised to inspect the file. The inspecting party
will be assigned to a workstation to carry out the inspection. The inspecting party
will be allowed up to one hour to carry out the inspection. Any
request for extension of time to inspect will incur a surcharge for every 30 min
time-block.
The validity period for file inspection must be carried out within 14 days
upon the Court's approval of the request, and within 72 hours from
the start of inspection.
The Applicant may continue to inspect within the validity period, provided that
the inspecting workstation is available or unreserved, otherwise, the Applicant
will be asked to inspect at a later time or date.
Applicants with approval to inspect case files may also request to download or print
the case files for inspection at his/her convenience.
CAUSE BOOK SEARCH
An appointment date should be arranged with the Service Bureaux to avoid long waiting
time for file inspection at the counters.