Order to Attend Court
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Perform the normal filing process:
Select “File a Document” from the Quick Access banner.
Specify the relevant case number and click “Retrieve”.
Select “Filing a new document into this case”.
Fig 1. Select “Orders/Judgments” as the Category and “Order to Attend Court” as the Document Title.
Fig 2. Review the list of parties involved in the case, and ensure that the correct party is selected as the Filing Party.
If you would like to add a party, proceed to Figs 2a – 2b. If not, click “Start Application” and proceed to Fig 3.
Fig 2a. Click on the “Add Party Manually” button.
Fig 2b. Enter all mandatory information. Click “Save” when you are done. Then click “Start Application”.
(1) Case Information
Hearing
Fig 3. Select the Request for an Order to Attend Court previously filed and approved by the Court from the dropdown list.
Fig 4. Indicate whether you wish to edit the information from the Request for an Order to Attend Court.
If “Yes” is selected, proceed to Fig 4a.
If “No” is selected, proceed to Fig 8 (Forms).
Fig 4a. Edit the nature of the hearing, if necessary. You may select multiple choices.
Fig 4b. Edit where the hearing will be conducted, if necessary.
If “Family Court” is selected, proceed to Fig 4c.
If “High Court” is selected, proceed to Fig 4d.
If “Virtual platform” is selected, proceed to Fig 4e.
Fig 4c. Select which location of the Family Court the hearing will be held, and the Court or Chamber Number.
Fig 4d. State the Court or Chamber number of the High Court where the hearing will be held.
Fig 4e. State the virtual platform that the hearing will be held.
Fig 5. Edit the date and time of the hearing, if necessary.
Fig 6. Edit the details of the Witness who is requested to attend Court.
If the witness is incarcerated, proceed to Fig 6a.
Fig 6a. Confirm you agree to pay the reasonable expenses of transporting and maintaining the witness and the officer to and from the prison if required.
Fig 7. The information about the evidence is retrieved from the “Request for order to attend Court” document (selection made in Fig 3) and is not editable. Click “Next”.
(2) Forms
Fig 9. You will be presented with an eForm.
Fig 10. To initiate the finalisation process, click the “Confirm” button located at the bottom of the eForm.
Fig 10a. The row of the eForm will be updated with new buttons.
• Click the “Finalise Document” button. The “Finalise Document” button will only be enabled after all eForms are confirmed and all documents to be uploaded in Step 2 have been uploaded.
Fig 10b. The row of the eForm will be updated.
Click on the “Next” button to proceed to Step 3: Admin Details.
(3) Admin Details
Fig 11. In Step 3: Admin Details, indicate any urgent processing, special request or waiver required. You can also opt to eServe the documents to another law firm.
(4) Submission
Fig 12. In Step 4: Submission, review all information and documents before submission. Upon acceptance / approval by Court, the documents will be sent to your eLitigation inbox.
Fig 8. Click on the icon to view the eForm. The eForm will be generated based on the details provided in the Case Information section. If you would like to file other supporting documents to the case, click “Add Document”.
• To change the information in the generated form, click “Previous” to return to the Case Information section and amend the information first. Then click the button in Step 2 to generate a new form with the updated details. Then click the “Confirm” button located at the bottom of the eForm.
• You will no longer be able to make changes to the data in the form. If you wish to make changes to the data, click the “Cancel Finalised Document” button. All previously signed documents will be removed from Step 2. Return to Step 1 to make changes to the data and then return to Step 2 and click to regenerate the eForms based on the updated data. You will be required to confirm all the eForms again to activate the “Finalise Documents” button again.
