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Damages [2026] SGHC 48

NTUC INCOME INSURANCE CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED v Noel Martin Carlin

The High Court dismissed an appeal on whether employer-paid insurance payouts should be deducted from tort damages, holding the Insurance Exception applied.

  • Double recovery
  • Insurance exception
  • Contribution factor
  • Objective intended purpose test
  • Indicia (contribution, indemnity, source, group)
  • Double-recovery
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Tort [2025] SGDC 331

UDDIN MOHAMMAD ZOSIM v CES ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION PTE.LTD.

The District Court dismissed a worker’s negligence claim over a rebar accident, finding no proven breach of duty and that the Workplace Safety & Health Act did not create a civil claim.

  • Negligence
  • Duty of care
  • Breach of statutory duty
  • Contributory negligence
  • Res ipsa loquitur
  • Workplace safety and health act s60(1)
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Contract [2025] SGDC 278

DOTS N TOTS INTERIOR PTE.LTD. v LIEW YEW LIAN & Anor

The District Court dismissed Dots N Tots’ claim, rejected duress-based repayment claims, and allowed the 1st defendant’s commission counterclaim in part.

  • Oral agreement
  • Economic duress
  • Commission entitlement
  • Counterclaim
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Costs
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Contract [2024] SGHC 114

Ruth Fitzgerald v Dulwich College (Singapore) Pte Ltd

The High Court held that the claimant told her manager she would not return to Singapore until January 2022, amounting to an anticipatory breach justifying dismissal.

  • Anticipatory breach
  • Wrongful termination
  • Termination clauses
  • Evidence and credibility
  • Remote work and return-to-work policies
  • Anticipatory-breach
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Contract [2022] SGHC(A) 32

SAIS LIMITED & Anor v MICHAEL JON HARDMAN & Anor

The Appellate Division interpreted an employee RSU plan, holding that a change of control triggered immediate vesting and settlement, but a terminated employee was only entitled to the units preserved in his termination letter.

  • Contractual terms
  • Breach of contract
  • Damages
  • Employee share incentive scheme
  • Change of control
  • Contract interpretation
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Contract [2022] SGHC 38

MICHAEL JON HARDMAN & Anor v SAIS LIMITED & Anor

The High Court held that a company restructuring triggered immediate vesting under an RSU plan, and awarded damages for delayed share delivery. A counterclaim against one plaintiff failed.

  • Restricted share unit (rsu) plan
  • Change of control
  • Vesting
  • Delisting
  • Breach of contract
  • Damages assessment
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Contract [2018] SGHC 85

TAN KOK YONG STEVE v ITOCHU SINGAPORE PTE LTD

The High Court held that the plaintiff was entitled to most of a severance package agreed in exchange for resignation, and upheld a non-compete covenant with injunctive relief.

  • Formation
  • Consideration
  • Certainty
  • Implied terms
  • Non-compete clauses
  • Public policy
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Tort [2017] SGHC 197

RAMESH S/O KRISHNAN v AXA INSURANCE PTE LTD

On remittal for damages, the High Court awarded Ramesh S/o Krishnan SGD 4,026,000 for negligent references by AXA, but refused aggravated damages.

  • Duty of care in references
  • Causation and loss of chance
  • Assessment and quantification of damages
  • Aggravated damages
  • Mitigation
  • Reference check regimes
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Employment [2016] SGHC 216

JOSEPH RAMANATHAN v STRATECH SYSTEMS LIMITED

High Court commission dispute under employee sales schemes. The court held the later scheme applied from 1 July 2013 and awarded the plaintiff $62,348.70 outstanding commission.

  • Commission
  • Termination
  • Pay computation
  • Kpi
  • Revenue recognition
  • Employment-law
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Insurance [2015] SGHC 326

Huationg (Asia) Pte Ltd v Lonpac Insurance Bhd

The High Court held that a motorcycling exclusion applied to the whole WICA policy and allowed the insurer to recover S$140,000 paid under statutory compulsion.

  • Policy exclusions
  • Work injury compensation act (wica) regime
  • Insurer recovery/reimbursement
  • Travelling-to-work extension
  • Contra proferentem
  • Red hand rule
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