INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v HAIDIR BIN MOHAMAD KHIR

[2023] SGHC 320 High Court (General Division) 8 November 2023 HC/S 616/2021 ( HC/RA 182/2023,HC/RA 183/2023 ) 34 min read

19 cases cited (15 SG, 4 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	8 November 2023
Judge	Goh Yihan
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure, Contract
Counsel	Premier Law LLC, TSMP Law Corporation, Ang Kai Le, Boey Swee Siang, Goh Enchi, Jeanne, Lin Yuankai, Suchitra Suresh Kumar, Tan May Lian Felicia, Toh Yunyuan Selina, Uday Duggal

Source: [2023] SGHC 320, High Court (General Division), decided 8 November 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Discovery Contract — Remedies — Damages Contract — Breach — Independent breach

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Contract

Judges (1)

Goh Yihan Delivered

Counsel (10)

Premier Law LLC Firm TSMP Law Corporation Firm Ang Kai Le Counsel Plaintiff Boey Swee Siang Counsel Defendant Goh Enchi, Jeanne Counsel Plaintiff Lin Yuankai Counsel Defendant Suchitra Suresh Kumar Counsel Defendant Tan May Lian Felicia Counsel Plaintiff Toh Yunyuan Selina Counsel Defendant Uday Duggal Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Intertek Testing Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd Plaintiff Haidir bin Mohamad Khir Defendant

Case Significance

Intertek Testing Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Haidir bin Mohamad Khir [2023] SGHC 320 is a judgment of the General Division of the High Court delivered by Goh Yihan J on 8 November 2023, disposing of Registrar's Appeals Nos 182 and 183 of 2023 in Suit No 616 of 2021. The two appeals stemmed from the plaintiff Intertek's claim against its former employee Haidir bin Mohamad Khir and concerned an Assistant Registrar's rulings on specific discovery in HC/SUM 1536/2023, including documents evidencing costs of services under cl 11.1 of the Employment Agreement between February and October 2021. The judgment engages issues of civil procedure discovery alongside contractual breach and damages, and records 19 citations.

[2023] SGHC 320 explained

INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v HAIDIR BIN MOHAMAD KHIR ([2023] SGHC 320) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 8 November 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure and Contract. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. 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 320 about?

INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD v HAIDIR BIN MOHAMAD KHIR ([2023] SGHC 320) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Discovery”, “Contract — Remedies — Damages”, and “Contract — Breach — Independent breach”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

How influential is [2023] SGHC 320?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 320 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

Intertek Testing Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd sued Haidir bin Mohamad Khir in a suit arising from an alleged breach of his employment agreement, and two registrar's appeals concerned specific discovery of documents relating to the costs of certain services and to communications with customers. The court considered whether the disputed categories of documents should be discovered. It allowed the defendant's appeal RA 182 in part and allowed RA 183 in full.

What was Intertek Testing Services v Haidir bin Mohamad Khir [2023] SGHC 320 about?

It was a High Court decision by Goh Yihan J on 8 November 2023 on two Registrar's Appeals over specific discovery in Intertek's employment-related suit against former employee Haidir bin Mohamad Khir, touching discovery, contractual breach and damages.

Which appeals were heard in Intertek v Haidir [2023] SGHC 320?

Goh Yihan J heard Registrar's Appeals Nos 182 and 183 of 2023, arising from Suit No 616 of 2021, against the Assistant Registrar's decision in HC/SUM 1536/2023 on specific discovery of cost and profit-and-loss documents under the Employment Agreement.

Cases Cited (19)

SG (4)

[2006] SGHC 26 [2007] SGHC 69 [2008] SGHC 98 [2017] SGHCR 15

SLR (11)

[1994] 1 SLR(R) 505 [2004] 4 SLR(R) 39 [2006] 2 SLR(R) 586 [2006] 4 SLR(R) 95 [2016] 1 SLR 1382 [2018] 2 SLR 655 [2018] 5 SLR 1 [2020] 2 SLR 386 [2020] 3 SLR 1234 [2023] 1 SLR 1477 [2023] 1 SLR 536

UK (4)

[1921] 1 AC 376 [1932] 1 KB 254 [2012] EWHC 616 [2018] 3 WLR 358