Summons for Discharge of Solicitor
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(1) Case Information
Application
Fig 1. Provide the details of the name of the law firm and the party that the law firm is currently representing and wish to cease acting for. The details are auto-populated based on the selection of Filing Party and Respondent in this Application prior to the start of the application.
Relief(s) Claimed
Fig 2. Click on “Add Prayers” to provide details of any other reliefs that the Filing Party is seeking.
Fig 2a. Provide the details of the reliefs sought in the textbox provided. If you would like to add another prayer, click on “Add Prayers” again.
Costs
Fig 3. Select the manner in which the costs of this summons the applying party is asking to be ordered.
If “Costs to be paid by” is selected, provide the name or party that will pay the costs.
If “Costs to be reserved to” is selected, state the event at which costs is to be decided.
If “Others” is selected, provide details of how the costs will be paid.
Supporting Documents
Fig 4. Click “Add Document” to add supporting documents to the Summons.
Fig 4a. Enter the number of “Other document” that you wish to add, and click “Add”.
Affidavit Deponent
Fig 5. Click on “Add Deponent”. You will need to add at least 1 deponent in order to proceed with the rest of the application.
Fig 5a. Select the party that you wish to add as a deponent. Upon selection, the party’s details will be displayed. Click “Add”.
If the person that you wish to add as a deponent is not listed, you can consider if he/she should be added as a Named Person to the case, or if he/she should be added solely for the sake of the affidavit. If the latter is true, select “Others” to add him/her to the deponent list (refer to Fig 5b).
Fig 5b. Provide the necessary details. Click “Add” when you are done.
Fig 6. Enter the details accordingly.
Affidavit
Fig 7. Select the most appropriate option and fill in the necessary details. If none of the first 3 options are accurate, provide details in the 4th option.
Statement
Fig 8. If the Filing Party is making an application to discharge the other party’s lawyer, select the applicable reason(s) for the Application.
Fig 9. State the reasons to support the summons/statement made in Fig 8.
Summary of Claim
Fig 10. Select the claims that the Filing Party is asking for.
If “the Court grants this summons” is selected, proceed to Affirmation Fig 11.
If “Others” is selected, provide details in the textbox provided.
Affirmation
Fig 11. State if the Filing Party swears to or affirms the document. Provide details of the date and place that this document was sworn / affirmed, especially if the document is to be digitally signed. Indicate if interpretation is required and if the document needs to be read audibly to the deponent.
Exhibits
Fig 12. Enter a prefix for the exhibits supporting this affidavit. The prefix should be the initials of the deponent’s name, e.g. TBH for Tan Beng Huat.
You may click the “Preview Affidavit” button to view a generated affidavit based on the information entered thus far in the sections above in order to fill in the Reference in Affidavit to the exhibit field.
Fig 13. If the deponent wishes to include exhibits, click “Add Document”.
Fig 13a. Indicate the number of documents the deponent wishes to add and click “Add”.
Fig 14. If you are unable to provide any documents or wish to explain why a certain document cannot be provided, click “Add Document” at Table 2.
Fig 14a. Indicate the number of documents you wish to add and click “Add”.
(2) Forms
Fig 16. You will be presented with an eForm.
Fig 17. To initiate the finalisation process, click the “Confirm” button located at the bottom of both eForms.
Fig 17a. The row of the eForm will be updated with new buttons.
Click the “Finalise Document” button to start the signing process. 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 17b. The row of the eForm will be updated with new buttons if the document requires a signature. You may choose either digital signing or offline signing.
You will be taken to the Document Signing Service (“DSS”) portal.
Please refer to "eLitigation FAQ > Document Signing Service (DSS) Guide for eLitigation Users > How do I request signatures with DSS?" for a step-by-step guide on how to sign your documents with DSS.
DSS will pre-populate the list of signers based on the details in the Case Information section. Do check that the list of signers is correct before proceeding. You can add or remove the signers, if necessary.
The eForm in Step 2 will automatically be made available in DSS for online signing.
Fig 17c. A new row will be displayed.
Upon successfully completing the signing procedure (regardless of which method was chosen) or if none of the documents require a signature, the “Next” button should be enabled. Click on the “Next” button to proceed to Step 3: Admin Details.
(3) Admin Details
Fig 18. 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 19. 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 4b. Enter the title of the document. Click “Choose File” to select the file from the browser dialog box. Click the icon to upload the document.
Fig 13b. The line entries for exhibits will generate based on the deponent’s input on the number of documents to add. Indicate the title of the document and the paragraph reference to the affidavit (using the preview of the generated affidavit. The deponent will be required to upload a file for each document listed in the table. Click “Choose File” to select the file from the browser dialog box. Click the icon to upload the document.
Fig 14b. Indicate the name of document not provided and the reasons for lack of document, or details of alternative document provided. If you are unable to provide any details or wish to delete any line entry, click on the button to delete the document’s row.
Fig 15. 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.
To start digital signing, click the button.
To start offline signing, click the button to download the document and proceed to Fig 17c.
• 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.
• If you wish to retract the offline signing, click on the icon.
• Click the button to upload the manually signed copy.
