The remedies available in Singapore administrative law are the prerogative orders – the mandatory order, prohibiting order, quashing order, and order for review of detention – and the declaration, a f
A night view of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Applications for judicial review of administrative actions, in which prerogative orders may be sought, are made to the High Court which is housed in this building.
The headquarters of the Law Society of Singapore along South Bridge Road, photographed in January 2012. In 1985, the High Court granted a mandamus (now known as a mandatory order) to the Society to compel a Disciplinary Committee to investigate charges of wrongdoing against an advocate and solicitor.
Revenue House, the headquarters of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), photographed in May 2006. In a 2010 case, the Court of Appeal held that a letter containing a determination by the Comptroller of Income Tax that a company was subject to withholding tax amounted only to advice, and so technically the Comptroller had taken no legal action that could be subject to a quashing order.
Form 111 of the Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5, 2006 Rev. Ed.), the format for an order for review of detention
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The Supreme Court of Singapore is a set of courts in Singapore, comprising the Court of Appeal and the High Court. It hears both civil and criminal matters. The Court of Appeal hears both civil and cr
The new Supreme Court Building opened in 2005, designed by Norman Foster
An aerial view of the Old Supreme Court Building (foreground left), the present Supreme Court Building (middle), and City Hall Building (foreground right)
The Chief Justice's chambers in the Old Supreme Court Building
A sign at the Old Supreme Court Building advising members of the public to make enquiries at the Supreme Court Registry rather than from unauthorised persons