Written Answer by Minister for Law K Shanmugam to PQ on Claims Heard in Small Claims Tribunals

8 May 2024 Posted in Parliamentary speeches and responses

Question for Written Answer

Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye (Member of Parliament for Radin Mas SMC)

Question:
To ask the Minister for Law (a) whether the Small Claims Tribunals (SCT) has heard a common group of claims as per section 26 of the Small Claims Tribunals Act in the past five years; and (b) if so, whether there has been any group of claims that have been rejected as the total value of the claim exceeded the SCT’s prescribed limit of $20,000.

Written Answer:

1. We do not track the information that the member has requested. We will explore with the Courts if they are able to collect such data.

Last updated on 8 May 2024