The General Division of the Singapore High Court in Wang Xiaopu v Koh Mui Lee and others [2022] SGHC 54 (“Wang Xiaopu“) recently issued guidance on applications for overseas witnesses to give evidence via video-link in the context of the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Significantly, and as a signal of a return to the “norm”, the Court cautioned against the “blind” citing of the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason why an overseas witness is unable to testify in person at trial before the Singapore courts.
In this Update, we explore the Court’s reasoning in Wang Xiaopu as well as potential implications which litigants with overseas witnesses seeking to give evidence via video-link should be aware of. Please click on the link below for our Update in English.
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