SINGAPORE, Oct. 21,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At the eighth
Singapore-China Legal and Judicial Roundtable, co-chaired by The
Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon of Singapore and President and Chief Justice of
the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of the
People's Republic of China, His Excellency Zhang Jun, the
two judiciaries discussed proactive case management, conflicts of
jurisdiction and coordination of parallel proceedings, Artificial
Intelligence and justice systems, and Judges' training.
The Roundtable was convened in Singapore from 14 to 17
October 2024. The delegation led by His Excellency Zhang
included judges and officials such as Justice Yang Wanming, Vice-President of the SPC, Justice
Zhang Yingjie, President of the High
People's Court of Yunnan Province
and Ms Zhao Juhua, President of the Intermediate People's Court of
Shenzhen. This is His Excellency
Zhang's first visit to Singapore
in his capacity as President and Chief Justice of the SPC and the
first time the delegation is back in Singapore since the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Roundtable is the centrepiece of the strong relationship
between the Singapore and
China judiciaries, and the Supreme
Court of Singapore and the SPC
have taken turns to host the Roundtable. Since its inception in
2017, the Roundtable has been an effective platform for judicial
cooperation and for both judiciaries to learn from each other's
perspectives and experiences in areas of mutual interest.
Chief Justice Menon said in his
opening remarks of the Roundtable, "Our judiciaries have enjoyed an
extremely warm relationship for many years now. This has mirrored
the strong bilateral relations between Singapore and China, which were upgraded last year to an
"All Round High Quality Future Oriented Partnership". Legal and
judicial cooperation has been an important pillar of our close
ties, and this cooperation has continued to flourish since we met
in Beijing for the seventh edition
of the Roundtable."
Sharing his insights on the discussion topic "Proactive Case
Management", Chief Justice Menon
suggested that case management is a key part of the procedural
architecture that our courts operate and the overall administration
of a judicial system. As the caseload of our courts increase in
volume and complexity, we will need to embrace a more proactive
role in case management. Chief Justice
Menon elaborated on how the Singapore Courts have sought to
implement an approach of proactive case management at three main
levels: through the frameworks we operate and apply; through the
processes we implement; and through the thought and care that our
people bring to the task of case management in each case.
The two Chief Justices also held a bilateral meeting where they
took stock of the progress that each court has made in the past
year and discussed future plans, including opportunities for the
two judiciaries to work together to address similar challenges they
encounter.
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