B24 PIPD - Lecture 3 PDF

Lecture 3 - Deciding where to sue - With effect from 1st December 2016, the State Court\'s jurisdiction for claims arising from road traffic accidents and claims for personal injury resulting from industrial accidents was increased from 250,000 to **[500,000]**. - Differences be...

Lecture 3 - Deciding where to sue - With effect from 1st December 2016, the State Court\'s jurisdiction for claims arising from road traffic accidents and claims for personal injury resulting from industrial accidents was increased from 250,000 to **[500,000]**. - Differences between Litigating in Supreme Court and State Courts - State Court Practice Direction 2021 editions, Appendix C CDR indication by the State Courts - Neutral evaluation on quantum of damages - Enhanced Jurisdiction of State Courts by agreement (s23(a) States Court Act) - Tan Woo Thian v PriceWaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Pte Ltd \[2021\] 1 SLR 1166 - Salmizan bin Abdullah v Crapper Ian Anthony \[2023\] SGHC 75 - **[Single joint Experts (SJE)]** - Court will only select an Expert from the list provided by both parties. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on one SJE, then SAPT is filed for the Court to appoint. Paragraph 2 of Pre-action Protocol Appendix B - Lee Song Yam v Hafizah binte Abdul Rahman \[2019\] SGMC 24 - Usual Consequential Orders - Role of the public trustee - Overcharging - Form 7 Appendix A1 State Courts Practice Direction (2021) - See also Public Trustee Circular 1 of 2014 - Intervening for Insurers Workmen Injury Compensation - MIB - Motor Insurers' Bureau Agreement Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risk and Compensation) Act - will be provisions in the rules of court to allow the application for the jurors to intervene (?) In the course of employment - Applies where the potential defendant is **[uninsured or untraced]**. - Uninsured and Insurers' Concerned Untraced and MIB