Tort

Act CLA 1909

Civil Law Act 1909

Act DA 1957

Defamation Act 1957

[2026] SGMC 12

Huttons Asia Pte Ltd v Oh My Suites Pte Ltd [2026] SGMC 12

SGMC2026-01-23

Agency — Termination; Contract — Consideration — Promissory estoppel; Contract — Contractual terms — Parol evidence rule; Tort — Negligence — Duty of care

[2026] SGHC 15

Prashant Mudgal v SAP Asia Pte Ltd [2026] SGHC 15

SGHC2026-01-21

Contract — Breach; Damages — Assessment; Damages — Remoteness; Employment Law — Contract of service — Breach; Employment Law — Employers’ duties; Tort — Conspiracy

[2026] SGDC 33

HVS Properties Private Limited v Vinod Eashwar [2026] SGDC 33

SGDC2026-01-21

Landlord and Tenant — Breach of contract; Landlord and Tenant — Covenant for quiet enjoyment; Tort — Conspiracy] [Tort — Inducement of breach of contract

[2026] SGHC 14

GC Lease Singapore Pte Ltd v Fonbell Solution Pte Ltd and others [2026] SGHC 14

SGHC2026-01-20

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 co...

[2026] SGDC 1

Alicia Tan Gek Cheng v Pok Vic Sent [2026] SGDC 1

SGDC2026-01-19

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 c...

[2026] SGDC 5

Terrence Fernandez v Tan Aik Hong Thomas [2026] SGDC 5

SGDC2026-01-16

Tort] — [Defamation] — [Defamatory statements; Tort] — [Defamation] — [Whether claim in slander is actionable pursuant to section 5 of the Defamation Act 1957; Tort] — [Defamation] — [Justification; Tort] — [Defamation] — [Fair comment; Tort] — [Defamation] —...

[2026] SGCA 1

Valency International Pte Ltd v JSW International Tradecorp Pte Ltd and others and another appeal [2026] SGCA 1

SGCA2026-01-12

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...

[2026] SGHC 7

Parvaty d/o Raju and another v National University Hospital (S) Pte Ltd and another [2026] SGHC 7

SGHC2026-01-12

Professions — Medical profession and practice — Liability; Tort — Negligence — Breach of duty

[2026] SGHC 2

Kanan Packrisamy v Herbal Pharm Pte Ltd and others [2026] SGHC 2

SGHC2026-01-06

Contract — Variation — Whether term of employee’s remuneration could be unilaterally varied; Employment Law — Contract of service — Whether employee’s conduct amounted to breach of employment contract — Whether employer entitled to terminate employee without...

[2026] SGMC 3

Wen Hanrong v Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd and another [2026] SGMC 3

SGMC2026-01-05

Civil Procedure — Damages — Interest; Damages — Assessment; Damages — Measure of damages — Personal injuries cases; Legal Profession — Duties — Paramount duty to the court; Tort — Negligence — Causation

[2025] SGDC 331

Uddin Mohammad Zosim v CES Engineering & Construction Pte. Ltd. [2025] SGDC 331

SGDC2025-12-30

Tort — Negligence — Breach of Duty

[2025] SGHC 266

FirstCom Academy Pte Ltd v Oom Academy Pte Ltd and others [2025] SGHC 266

SGHC2025-12-30

Contract — Illegality and public policy — Restraint of trade; Intellectual Property — Law of confidence — Breach of confidence; Intellectual Property — Copyright — Infringement; Tort — Inducement of breach of contract; Tort — Conspiracy

[2025] SGHC 258

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

SGHC2025-12-22

Tort — Negligence — Duty of care; Tort — Vicarious liability; Agency — Rights of agent — Indemnity; Civil Procedure — Costs — Contractual indemnity clause; Civil Procedure — Costs — Third party costs

[2025] SGDC 325

Yip Kie Sie v Denis Lim Boon Jin & anor [2025] SGDC 325

SGDC2025-12-19

Tort — Defamation — Whether statements defamatory in ordinary and natural meaning; Tort — Defamation — Justification — Whether sting of charge was substantially true; Tort — Defamation — Qualified Privilege — Whether statements made on occasion of qualified p...

[2025] SGHC 254

Lim Wai Kit Jeff v Arumugam Alamuthu [2025] SGHC 254

SGHC2025-12-15

Tort — Negligence — Contributory negligence; Civil Procedure — Appeals — Time to appeal

[2025] SGDC 303

Tan Shuh Lin (Administrator of the Estate of Tan Kut Fai, Deceased) v Loong Kai Jun Matthew [2025] SGDC 303

SGDC2025-12-11

Land — Strata titles — By-laws — Whether the by-laws prohibited a subsidiary proprietor from owning a Corgi; Tort — Negligence — Duty of care — Whether dog owner owes a duty to take reasonable care in handling or controlling his dog — The standard of care req...

[2025] SGDC 318

Chan Kong Thoe v Tricilia Tang Pei Lu [2025] SGDC 318

SGDC2025-12-10

Tort] — [Negligence] — [Causation; Damages] — [Assessment

[2025] SGDC 312

Baek Jongwoo v John s/o Susaretna m [2025] SGDC 312

SGDC2025-12-04

Tort] – [Negligence] – [Breach of duty; Tort] – [Negligence] – [Contributory negligence] – [Passenger’s duty to fasten seatbelt whilst on board a vehicle

[2025] SGHC 241

Guy Carpenter & Co Pte Ltd v Choi Okmi and others [2025] SGHC 241

SGHC2025-12-03

Confidence — Breach of confidence — Locus standi to sue for person under one’s responsibility; Employment Law — Contract of service — Breach; Employment Law — Contract of service — Restrictive covenants — Protection of trade connection with clients and suppli...

[2025] SGMC 72

Federal Fire Engineering Pte Ltd v Eigen E&C Pte . Ltd. and another [2025] SGMC 72

SGMC2025-11-25

Tort] — [Negligence] — [Duty of care] — [Whether defendant ought to know the extent of damage incurred in order to establish factual foreseeability; Tort] — [Negligence] — [Duty of care] — [Whether there was sufficient legal proximity; Tort] — [Negligence] —...

[2025] SGHC 221

Gurpreet Gill Maag and others v Mc Kee, Ian [2025] SGHC 221

SGHC2025-11-07

Tort — Inducement of breach of contract; Tort — Malicious falsehood; Tort — Defamation — Fair comment; Tort — Defamation — Qualified privilege; Tort — Defamation — Malice

[2025] SGCA 51

POP Holdings Pte Ltd v Teo Ban Lim and others [2025] SGCA 51

SGCA2025-10-16

Civil Procedure — Appeals — Leave; Tort — Misrepresentation — Measure of damages

[2025] SGDC 271

Makericks3D LLP v Terence Lee Meng Kai [2025] SGDC 271

SGDC2025-10-13

Tort — Defamation — Defamatory statements; Tort — Malicious falsehood

[2025] SGDC 260

Tey Song Kiem Mrs Goh Cheow Miang V Mohd Jaffar Bin Ismail practising as Ffusion Architects (Singapore UEN No. 53432836M) & Another [2025] SGDC 260

SGDC2025-09-30

Tort – Negligence – Breach of duty – Injury suffered when automated gate fell on claimant – Whether builder negligent in construction of automated gate –Whether duty of care arose – Whether claimant’s conduct broke chain of causation – Whether claimant contri...