CARLSBERG SOUTH ASIA PTE LTD v PAWAN KUMAR JAGETIA

[2023] SGHC(A) 29 High Court (Appellate Division) 24 August 2023 AD/CA 52/2022

10 cases cited Cited by 2 cases

Outcome

Appeal allowed in part

“We allow the appeal in relation to the Relocation Claim.”

Source: [2023] SGHC(A) 29, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 24 August 2023. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (Appellate Division)
Decided	24 August 2023
Judges	Aedit Abdullah, Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Debbie Ong Siew Ling
Charges / claim	Employment Law, Contract
Outcome	Appeal allowed in part
Counsel	Breakpoint LLC, Calvin Liang LLC, Yu Law, Calvin Liang, Chan Michael Karfai, Poon Guokun Nicholas, Yu Kexin

Source: [2023] SGHC(A) 29, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 24 August 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Employment Law — Contract of service — Breach Contract — Contractual terms — Implied terms

Practice Areas

Employment Law Contract

Judges (3)

Aedit Abdullah Coram Belinda Ang Saw Ean Coram Debbie Ong Siew Ling Delivered

Counsel (7)

Breakpoint LLC Firm Calvin Liang LLC Firm Yu Law Firm Calvin Liang Counsel for the respondent Chan Michael Karfai Counsel for the appellant Poon Guokun Nicholas Counsel for the appellant Yu Kexin Counsel for the respondent

Parties (2)

Carlsberg South Asia Pte Ltd Appellant

Pawan Kumar Jagetia Respondent

Case Significance

Carlsberg South Asia Pte Ltd v Pawan Kumar Jagetia [2023] SGHC(A) 29 is a reserved judgment of the Appellate Division of the High Court, delivered on 24 August 2023 in Civil Appeal No 52 of 2022, with Debbie Ong Siew Ling JAD delivering the judgment of the court sitting with Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA and Aedit Abdullah J. The appeal, AD/CA 52/2022, was brought by Carlsberg South Asia Pte Ltd against the decision of a Judge in HC/S 114/2020, published as Carlsberg South Asia Pte Ltd v Pawan Kumar Jagetia [2022] SGHC 74. Mr Pawan Kumar Jagetia, employed within the Carlsberg Group between 26 September 2014 and 26 June 2019 and finally as a Senior Vice President, was sued by CSAPL to recover sums paid under an alleged implied term requiring his relocation to Singapore, with the judgment addressing breach of a contract of service and implied contractual terms.

What was Carlsberg South Asia Pte Ltd v Pawan Kumar Jagetia [2023] SGHC(A) 29 about?

It was an Appellate Division appeal, with Debbie Ong Siew Ling JAD delivering the judgment, in which Carlsberg South Asia Pte Ltd sought to recover sums paid to former Senior Vice President Pawan Kumar Jagetia under an alleged implied relocation term, decided on 24 August 2023.

What did the employer claim in [2023] SGHC(A) 29?

Carlsberg South Asia Pte Ltd sued Mr Jagetia to recover sums paid pursuant to an alleged implied term in his employment contract obligating him and his family to relocate to Singapore, and alternatively sought recovery on the ground of unjust enrichment.

Cases Cited (10)

SG (1)

[2022] SGHC 74

SLR (9)

[2007] 4 SLR(R) 413 [2008] 1 SLR(R) 375 [2008] 2 SLR(R) 491 [2008] 3 SLR(R) 1029 [2010] 2 SLR 677 [2013] 4 SLR 193 [2016] 5 SLR 1052 [2018] 1 SLR 239 [2020] 2 SLR 386