THE MICRO TELLERS NETWORK LIMITED & 3 Ors v CHENG YI HAN (ZHONG YIHAN) & 4 Ors

[2023] SGHC(I) 13 Singapore International Commercial Court 6 September 2023 SIC/S 5/2020 190 min read
41 cases cited (34 SG, 7 foreign)

Key facts

Court Singapore International Commercial Court
Decided
Judge Simon Thorley
Charges / claim Tort, Contract, Equity, Agency

Source: [2023] SGHC(I) 13, Singapore International Commercial Court, decided — eLitigation. Updated .

Catchwords

Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Parties (9)

Case Significance

The Micro Tellers Network Ltd and others v Cheng Yi Han and others [2023] SGHC(I) 13 is a reserved judgment of Simon Thorley IJ in the Singapore International Commercial Court, delivered on 6 September 2023 in Suit No 5 of 2020. The action, commenced in the High Court on 13 September 2019 and transferred to the SICC on 27 July 2020, was brought by The Micro Tellers Network Limited (a Hong Kong company whose director and shareholder is Charles Cuong Tan-Thatch), Michael Lin Daoji, Rio Lim Yong Chee and Wong Zhi Kang Clement against Cheng Yi Han (Zhong Yihan), Ling Hui Andrew, Providence Asset Management, Then Feng and Lee Moon Young. The dispute arose in the context of cryptocurrency ventures, and the catchwords span conspiracy, negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duties, dishonest assistance, implied retainer and agency.

[2023] SGHC(I) 13 explained

THE MICRO TELLERS NETWORK LIMITED & 3 Ors v CHENG YI HAN (ZHONG YIHAN) & 4 Ors ([2023] SGHC(I) 13) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Singapore International Commercial Court on 6 September 2023. It is categorised under Tort, Contract, Equity, and Agency. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2023] SGHC(I) 13 about?

THE MICRO TELLERS NETWORK LIMITED & 3 Ors v CHENG YI HAN (ZHONG YIHAN) & 4 Ors ([2023] SGHC(I) 13) is a Singapore International Commercial Court decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Tort — Conspiracy”, “Tort — Negligence”, “Contract — Misrepresentation — Fraudulent”, and “Equity — Fiduciary relationships — Duties”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What was The Micro Tellers Network Ltd v Cheng Yi Han [2023] SGHC(I) 13 about?

It was a Singapore International Commercial Court action before Simon Thorley IJ, arising from cryptocurrency ventures, in which The Micro Tellers Network Limited and three others sued Cheng Yi Han and four others over conspiracy, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duties, decided on 6 September 2023.

What legal issues did [2023] SGHC(I) 13 raise?

The catchwords covered the torts of conspiracy and negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duties, dishonest assistance, implied retainer and agency, in a dispute connected with cryptocurrency projects heard in the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Cases Cited (41)

SG (6)
[2009] SGHC 44 [2019] SGHC 241 [2020] SGHC 42 [2021] SGHC 35 [2022] SGCA 62 [2022] SGHC 131
SLR (28)
[1990] 1 SLR(R) 337 [1992] 3 SLR(R) 940 [1993] 3 SLR(R) 640 [1997] 3 SLR(R) 649 [2000] 3 SLR(R) 686 [2001] 2 SLR(R) 435 [2006] 3 SLR(R) 881 [2006] 4 SLR(R) 308 [2007] 2 SLR(R) 1020 [2007] 2 SLR(R) 869 [2007] 4 SLR(R) 100 [2008] 4 SLR(R) 272 [2009] 2 SLR(R) 737 [2010] 2 SLR 589 [2014] 1 SLR 860 [2014] 3 SLR 761 [2015] 2 SLR 271 [2017] 1 SLR 654 [2018] 1 SLR 894 [2018] 2 SLR 655 [2018] 4 SLR 1053 [2020] 2 SLR 1256 [2020] 3 SLR 943 [2021] 3 SLR 968 [2021] 5 SLR 188 [2021] 5 SLR 328 [2022] 1 SLR 884 [2022] 2 SLR 1250
UK (7)
[1995] 2 AC 378 [1998] Ch 1 [2002] 2 AC 164 [2003] 1 AC 469 [2006] 1 All ER 333 [2006] 1 WLR 1476 [2019] EWCA Civ 614

Referenced in

Judgment

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Read on eLitigation

Source: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC(I) 13)