Tracking Statistics and Data at Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals

8 Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Law whether the Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals (CDRT) will consider tracking (i) the number of neighbour disputes that had been previously mediated at the Community Mediation Centre (CMC) and (ii) data on the specific number of orders that relate to damages, injunctions, specific performances, or apologies.

Mr K Shanmugam: State Courts is able to provide the following statistics:

State Courts currently does not have readily available information on the number of CDRT cases that had previously been mediated at the Community Mediation Centre ("CMC") prior to filing at the CDRT. However, the CDRT requires all applicants to fill in a pre-filing assessment form, where applicants must state whether they had attended mediation with the respondents in the six months preceding the CDRT application.