EDDIE TAN TUNG WEE v SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD

[2025] SGHC 10 High Court (General Division) 21 January 2025 HC/OC 361/2023 64 min read

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

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	21 January 2025
Judge	Chua Lee Ming
Charges / claim	Employment Law
Counsel	Legal Clinic LLC, Kuah Boon Theng, Shenna Tjoa, Yong Shuk Lin Vanessa

Source: [2025] SGHC 10, High Court (General Division), decided 21 January 2025 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Employment Law — Termination Employment Law — Unfair dismissal

Practice Areas

Employment Law

Judges (1)

Chua Lee Ming Delivered

Counsel (4)

Legal Clinic LLC Firm Kuah Boon Theng Counsel Defendant Shenna Tjoa Counsel Defendant Yong Shuk Lin Vanessa Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd Defendant Tan Tung Wee Eddie Plaintiff

Case Significance

[2025] SGHC 10 is a High Court (General Division) decision dated 21 January 2025 concerning Employment Law, specifically addressing termination and unfair dismissal. The judgment was delivered by Chua Lee Ming. The case was brought by Tan Tung Wee Eddie (plaintiff) against Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd (defendant). Legal representation was provided by Legal Clinic LLC. The judgment cites 5 cases (1 Singapore, 4 foreign). This decision has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment in the dataset.

[2025] SGHC 10 explained

EDDIE TAN TUNG WEE v SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD ([2025] SGHC 10) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 21 January 2025. It is categorised under Employment Law. 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 [2025] SGHC 10 about?

EDDIE TAN TUNG WEE v SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD ([2025] SGHC 10) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Employment Law — Termination” and “Employment Law — Unfair dismissal”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

How influential is [2025] SGHC 10?

Within this corpus, [2025] SGHC 10 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

A neurosurgeon employed by Singapore Health Services claimed wrongful dismissal after being terminated for unauthorised access to medical records of over 70 patients not under his care. The court dismissed the claim in its entirety, finding the employer had acted within its contractual rights in dismissing the claimant whose repeated breaches of patient confidentiality, driven by envy of a colleague, irrevocably destroyed the necessary trust and confidence.

What was decided in [2025] SGHC 10?

[2025] SGHC 10 (EDDIE TAN TUNG WEE v SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 21 January 2025 addressing Employment Law, specifically termination and unfair dismissal. The judgment was delivered by Chua Lee Ming.

Who were the parties in EDDIE TAN TUNG WEE v SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD ([2025] SGHC 10)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGHC 10 was Tan Tung Wee Eddie, and the defendant was Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd. Legal representation included Legal Clinic LLC. The case was decided on 21 January 2025 in the High Court (General Division).