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Tort

Negligence, defamation, nuisance, and other civil wrongs.

379 decisions

Principal legislation

Tort decisions

Result 52

[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 53

[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 55

[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

Result 64

[2025] SGDC 303

Tan Shuh Lin (Administrator of the Estate of Tan Kut Fai, Deceased) v Loong Kai Jun Matthew

District Court11 December 2025

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 required by a dog owner; Tort — Negligence — Duty of care — Whether dog owner should prevent his dog from barking

Result 67

[2025] SGHC 241

Guy Carpenter & Co Pte Ltd v Choi Okmi and others

General Division of the High Court3 December 2025

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 suppliers; Evidence — Witnesses — Examination — Cross-examination of witness called by co-defendant; Tort — Conspiracy — Unlawful means conspiracy; Tort — Inducement of breach of contract

Result 72

[2025] SGDC 260

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

District Court30 September 2025

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 contributorily negligent; Tort – Injury suffered when automated gate fell on claimant – No contractual relationship between architect and claimant – Whether architect owed duty of care to claimant in tort — Whether sufficient proximity between architect and claimant for a duty of care to arise — Whether policy considerations exist which militate against a duty of care imposed on architect — Whether duty in respect of construction of automated gate is confined to design intent; Tort – Injury suffered when automated gate fell on claimant – Scope of architect’s duty of supervision — Duty to supervise building works to ensure they were being carried out in conformity with contractual specifications — Whether architect breached its duty of supervision — Whether architect owed duty of care to claimant in tort; Damages — Measure of damages — Personal injuries — Pre-trial loss of earnings — Medical leave period coincided with Covid-19 pandemic — Whether and to what extent claimant should be awarded damages for loss of earnings

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