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• Employment contracts carry a duty of trust; its breach here led to nominal damages

  [2026] SGHC 15 · High Court · 21 Jan 2026Prashant Mudgal v SAP Asia Pte Ltd · [2026] SGHC 15 · High Court · 21 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Work

• A buyer defrauded by a reseller could recover its loss, but not more than it lost

  [2026] SGHC 14 · High Court · 20 Jan 2026GC Lease Singapore Pte Ltd v Fonbell Solution Pte Ltd and others · [2026] SGHC 14 · High Court · 20 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Evidence Act 1893, s 116

  Buying things

• The contractor could not add a profit and attendance mark-up to its claim for works

  [2026] SGHC 12 · High Court · 16 Jan 2026E-Tech Building Services Pte Ltd v Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training (FAST) · [2026] SGHC 12 · High Court · 16 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Police and courts

• Recognition of an award stood; the defendant failed to show it lacked notice

  [2026] SGHC 8 · High Court · 12 Jan 2026South of England Protection and Indemnity Association (Bermuda) Ltd (in liquidation) v Pacmar Shipping Pte Ltd · [2026] SGHC 8 · High Court · 12 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• DNZ v DOA and another

  [2026] SGHC(I) 1 · International Commercial Court · 9 Jan 2026[2026] SGHC(I) 1 · International Commercial Court · 9 Jan 2026

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• A claim against a ship's sale proceeds survives an arbitration award and can be enforced

  [2026] SGHC 3 · High Court · 7 Jan 2026The “Yangtze Harmony” · [2026] SGHC 3 · High Court · 7 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Police and courts

• Serious claims of dishonesty by a director needed a full trial, not affidavits alone

  [2026] SGHC(A) 1 · Appellate Division · 7 Jan 2026Yit Chee Wah (as private trustee of the estate of Chan Siew Lee Jannie, a bankrupt) v Fulcrum Distressed Partners Ltd · [2026] SGHC(A) 1 · Appellate Division · 7 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Limitation Act 1959, s 6

  Money and debt

• An employer could not cut an employee's pay unilaterally or withhold agreed bonus

  [2026] SGHC 2 · High Court · 6 Jan 2026Kanan Packrisamy v Herbal Pharm Pte Ltd and others · [2026] SGHC 2 · High Court · 6 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Work

• A loan was held genuine and the claim to recover it was not time-barred

  [2026] SGHC 1 · High Court · 5 Jan 2026Chan Tuck Cheong v Sin Wee Hiong · [2026] SGHC 1 · High Court · 5 Jan 2026 · Summary

  Relies on Casino Control Act 2006, s 116

  Running a business

• A claim over former employees moving to another company was dismissed in full

  [2025] SGHC 266 · High Court · 30 Dec 2025FirstCom Academy Pte Ltd v Oom Academy Pte Ltd and others · [2025] SGHC 266 · High Court · 30 Dec 2025 · Summary

  Running a business

• A company's request for a moratorium failed for lack of real, independent creditor support

  [2025] SGHC 259 · High Court · 23 Dec 2025Re Energe Asia Pte Ltd (PETCO Trading Labuan Co Ltd and others, non-parties) · [2025] SGHC 259 · High Court · 23 Dec 2025 · Summary

  Running a business

• A bank's relationship manager could enforce the bank's contractual indemnity

  [2025] SGHC 258 · High Court · 22 Dec 2025Lee Hsueh Ching (alias Lee Sargeant Fiona) and another v Loh Kia Hui (Bank Julius Baer & Co Ltd, third party) · [2025] SGHC 258 · High Court · 22 Dec 2025 · Summary

  Police and courts

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