On 16 May 2023, Singapore acceded to the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (“Service Convention“), which provides a harmonised set of rules for the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents abroad. This means that litigants in Singapore will be able to utilise the simplified mechanism for service of documents on parties from other Contracting Parties to the Service Convention, providing for a more streamlined and cost-efficient process.
The Ministry of Law has stated that the Service Convention will enter into force on 1 December 2023 for Singapore. In this Update, we highlight the key features of the Service Convention and what it will mean for litigants in Singapore.
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