Small Claims Tribunals Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Commencement of Proceedings
19. Service of claim and notice of hearing
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where the Registrar is unable to achieve a settlement acceptable to all the parties to the dispute, he shall —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Small Claims Tribunals appointed under section 14 and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar;
fix a place and date for hearing the claim and give notice thereof in the prescribed form to the claimant; and
as soon as is reasonably practicable cause a copy of the written claim and a notice in the prescribed form of the date and place of hearing to be served on —
the defendant; and
any person who appears from the claim form to have a sufficient interest in the settlement of the dispute to which the claim relates.
The Registrar may summon any person to appear before the tribunal if, in his opinion, the presence of such a person is necessary to enable the tribunal to determine the questions in dispute in the claim.
Small Claims Tribunals
Service of a copy of the written claim and the notice of hearing and of a summons or any document that is to be served on any person in any proceedings before a tribunal may be effected by such person as may be appointed by the Registrar for the purpose.
claim
“claim” means a claim filed with a tribunal under section 15 and includes a proceeding in the tribunal between a claimant and a defendant;
Terms defined in s 2
claim
Defined · s 2“claim” means a claim filed with a tribunal under section 15 and includes a proceeding in the tribunal between a claimant and a defendant;
claimant
Defined · s 2“claimant” means a person who files a claim with a tribunal other than — (a) a defendant entering a counterclaim; and (b) a person who is being represented in a representative claim;
defendant
Defined · s 2“defendant” means any person against whom a claim is made by a claimant other than — (a) a claimant against whom relief is sought by way of counterclaim; and (b) a person who is being represented in a representative claim;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Small Claims Tribunals appointed under section 14 and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar;