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Tort

Negligence, defamation, nuisance, and other civil wrongs.

367 decisions

Principal legislation

Tort decisions

Result 29

[2026] SGDC 84

Nguyen Thuy Ha v Tran Thi Bich Ha and another matter

District Court11 March 2026

Tort — Defamation — Publication — Internet defamation — Defamatory comments being posted on Facebook — Whether publication element in defamation law satisfied — Whether Facebook Posts read by substantial number of readers in Singapore — Whether publication of Facebook Posts in Singapore limited and nominal — Whether real and substantial tort disclosed —Whether the Jameel doctrine applicable; Tort — Defamation — Reference to plaintiff — Whether readers in Singapore would understand the Facebook Posts to refer to the plaintiffs

Result 31

[2026] SGCA(I) 1

Kupetz, Jonathan and others v Terraform Labs Pte Ltd and others and another appeal and other matters

Court of Appeal (International)6 March 2026

Damages — Measure of damages — Tort — Reliance measure of damages for tort of deceit; Tort — Misrepresentation — Fraud and deceit; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Adducing fresh evidence on appeal; Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Adequacy of pleadings; Civil Procedure — Representative proceedings — Whether certain findings decided on representative basis and binding on all claimants; Civil Procedure — Costs — Principles

Result 33

[2026] SGHCR 5

United Overseas Bank Ltd v Xu Yuanchen and another

High Court Registrar4 March 2026

Tort — Defamation — Assessment of damages — Corporate claimant — Banking institution — Online publication — Quantum of general damages; Tort — Defamation — Assessment of damages — Factors to be considered — Nature and gravity of defamation — Standing of parties — Mode and extent of publication; Tort — Defamation — Assessment of damages — Whether natural indignation of court should be independently considered; Tort — Defamation — Assessment of damages — Malice — Whether established — Burden of proof on claimant — No evidence of falsity; Civil Procedure — Service — Service out of jurisdiction — Notice of appointment for assessment of damages — Whether court approval required for service out of jurisdiction; Civil Procedure — Costs — District Court scale — Proceedings commenced in High Court for enforcement purposes — Whether sufficient reason for High Court scale costs

Result 36

[2026] SGDC 37

Clarence Lun Yaodong v Tan Chin Aik Joseph

District Court23 January 2026

Tort — Defamation — Publication — Internet defamation — Allegedly defamatory comments being posted online — Whether publication element in defamation law satisfied — Whether the comments were published by the defendant — Whether the comments were read by a substantial number of readers in Singapore; Tort — Defamation — Injunction — Final prohibitory injunction restraining future publication of allegedly defamatory statements — Applicable principles for granting final prohibitory injunction in defamation actions

Result 40

[2026] SGHC 14

GC Lease Singapore Pte Ltd v Fonbell Solution Pte Ltd and others

General Division of the High Court20 January 2026

Tort — Misrepresentation — Fraud and deceit — Confirmation of delivery signed by customers — Whether written representation made by sellers; Tort — Misrepresentation — Fraud and deceit — Whether representation made fraudulently; Tort — Conspiracy — Whether combination between alleged conspirators proven; Commercial transactions — Sale of goods — Breach of contract — Whether implied conditions in Sale of Goods Act 1979 (2020 Rev Ed) breached; Contract — Illegality and public policy — Unpleaded illegal object — Whether court should make finding of illegality — Whether knowledge of illegal object should be imputed to plaintiff buyer; Damages — Practice and procedure — Plaintiff partially compensated by other parties out of court — Whether claim should be barred because of risk of double recovery

Result 41

[2026] SGDC 1

Alicia Tan Gek Cheng v Pok Vic Sent

District Court19 January 2026

Tort — Defamation — Damages; Tort — Defamation — Defamatory statements — Whether publications made to the sporting community about its sports association’s executive committee are defamatory in nature; Tort — Defamation — Defamatory statements — Whether the contents of a special resolution submitted for an annual general meeting are defamatory in nature; Tort — Defamation — Malice — Whether the defendant acted with malice by making the defamatory publications to prevent the claimant from serving on the executive committee of a sports association; Tort — Defamation — Publication — Whether the creator of a collaborative online document that can be accessed and edited by multiple users is responsible for its publication; Tort — Defamation — Qualified privilege – Whether the defence of qualified privilege applies to publications made to the sporting community about its sports association’s executive committee

Result 43

[2026] SGCA 1

Valency International Pte Ltd v JSW International Tradecorp Pte Ltd and others and another appeal

Court of Appeal12 January 2026

Tort — Conversion — Whether the giving of instructions to release delivery orders constitutes an act of conversion; Tort — Conversion — Standing to sue; Admiralty and Shipping — Bills of lading — Financier pledging bills of lading to issuing bank as security for loan — Bank returning bills of lading to financier under trust receipt arrangement — Whether pledge was extinguished by redelivery of the bills to the financier

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