Abstract:
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).