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What happens in the Mentions Court in a Criminal Case?
What happens in the Mentions Court in a Criminal Case? If you’re involved in a Criminal case in Court, the Criminal Mentions Court is the first Court where you’ll have to personally attend to be formally charged and to give your plea (i.e. whether...
How do you get the Court’s permission to leave Singapore on bail?
How do you get the Court’s permission to leave Singapore if you’re on bail? If you’re involved in Court proceedings and you’ve already been released on bail, you will need to get the Court’s permission if you want to travel outside of Singapore...
How do you get an adjournment of your Criminal Court hearing?
How do you get an adjournment of your Court hearing? An adjournment is a postponement of the Court hearing to another date which can be applied for by either you or the Prosecution. If you’re applying for an adjournment, you’ll need to know that the...
What’s the difference between pleading guilty and claiming trial?
What’s the difference between Pleading Guilty and Claiming Trial to a Charge? If you’re accused of committing a criminal offence and you’ve been charged in Court, a very important issue you’d have to think through is whether you want to plead guilty or...
What can you expect in Stage 2 of a Divorce?
What happens in the second stage of Divorce regarding Ancillary Matters? After the Court has decided that there is enough evidence to consider that the marriage has irrevocably broken down and the Court issues the Interim Judgment, the Divorce case...
What can you expect in Stage 1 of a Divorce?
What happens in the first stage of Divorce after you’ve filed the Court papers? After you’ve informed the Court that you and your spouse have no disagreement over the Divorce terms and you’ll be ‘setting down’ your case for hearing on an uncontested...