LITIGANTS thinking of taking their civil suits all the way to the Court of Appeal will now have to stump up a bigger sum of money before they can do so… The Supreme Court said … the fee, known as security for costs, will be doubled to $20,000 from Aug 31.
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wah lau
first they says
any ministers can make anybody a lawyer
now the supreme court just raised the fees
woah!
and pendant still singin the same ole tune
if you have nothin to fight
why fight………
ONLY RICH and Connected can challenge
$20,000…..only the rich can get justice here then.
My My…people please open your eyes and vote.
Sad day for Singapore….
never mind…If I need to sue…i’ll sue in Spain….
in this way, those poor people will always be wrong even if they are right because they can’t afford to pay up 20K, like that how?
our National Day celebration has gotten “a little” darker by the day.
this may be among the string of significant events ushering the long dark eclipse of S’pore’s future.
like the bright & shortlived fireworks leaving a trail of dark mist that lingers in the air… :(
A timely move to discourage investors of failed credit linked notes to appeal.
Reminded me of my encounter with the beloved traffic police. I got a ticket for beating a red light, caught on camera, I asked to see the photo, Traffic Police replied, can see photo but it cost $120 to see the photo, and after that I still have to pay the $120 fine.
So LL and pay the fine lor.
They need to pay the judges their million dollar salaries.