ANDREW VIGAR v XL INSURANCE COMPANY SE SINGAPORE BRANCH

[2025] SGHCR 12 High Court Registrar 2 May 2025 HC/OC 539/2024 ( HC/SUM 3301/2024 ) 34 min read

14 cases cited (13 SG, 1 foreign)

Key facts

Court	High Court Registrar
Decided	2 May 2025
Judge	Leo Zhi Wei
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure, Employment Law
Counsel	Bird & Bird ATMD LLP, Harry Elias Partnership LLP, Goh Seow Hui, Jingjie Yuan, Kok Yee Keong, Laila Jaffar, Tan Chau Yee

Source: [2025] SGHCR 12, High Court Registrar, decided 2 May 2025 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure – Pleadings - Striking Out Employment Law – Contract of service – Breach – Loss of Chance Employment Law – Contract of service – Breach - Implied term of mutual trust and confidence

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Employment Law

Judges (1)

Leo Zhi Wei Delivered

Counsel (7)

Bird & Bird ATMD LLP Firm Harry Elias Partnership LLP Firm Goh Seow Hui Counsel Defendant Jingjie Yuan Counsel Defendant Kok Yee Keong Counsel Plaintiff Laila Jaffar Counsel Plaintiff Tan Chau Yee Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

XL Insurance Company Se Singapore Branch Defendant Andrew Vigar Plaintiff

Case Significance

[2025] SGHCR 12 is a High Court Registrar decision dated 2 May 2025 concerning Civil Procedure and Employment Law, specifically addressing pleadings and contract of service. The judgment was delivered by Leo Zhi Wei. The case was brought by Andrew Vigar (plaintiff) against XL Insurance Company Se Singapore Branch (defendant). Legal representation was provided by Harry Elias Partnership LLP and Bird & Bird ATMD LLP. The judgment cites 14 cases (13 Singapore, 1 foreign).

[2025] SGHCR 12 explained

ANDREW VIGAR v XL INSURANCE COMPANY SE SINGAPORE BRANCH ([2025] SGHCR 12) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 2 May 2025. It is categorised under Civil Procedure and Employment Law. 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 [2025] SGHCR 12 about?

ANDREW VIGAR v XL INSURANCE COMPANY SE SINGAPORE BRANCH ([2025] SGHCR 12) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure – Pleadings - Striking Out”, “Employment Law – Contract of service – Breach – Loss of Chance”, and “Employment Law – Contract of service – Breach - Implied term of mutual trust and confidence”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2025] SGHCR 12 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 260 and [2024] SGHC 206. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

Summary

An employee sued his employer, XL Insurance, for breach of the implied duty of mutual trust and confidence arising from internal harassment investigations in 2018 that were later dismissed by the Tokyo District Court in 2023. The court struck out part of the claims including those for mental and emotional distress and claims time-barred by the six-year limitation period, but allowed certain claims arising after the Tokyo court decision to proceed to trial.

What was decided in [2025] SGHCR 12?

[2025] SGHCR 12 (ANDREW VIGAR v XL INSURANCE COMPANY SE SINGAPORE BRANCH) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2 May 2025 addressing Civil Procedure and Employment Law, specifically pleadings and contract of service. The judgment was delivered by Leo Zhi Wei.

Who were the parties in ANDREW VIGAR v XL INSURANCE COMPANY SE SINGAPORE BRANCH ([2025] SGHCR 12)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGHCR 12 was Andrew Vigar, and the defendant was XL Insurance Company Se Singapore Branch. Legal representation included Harry Elias Partnership LLP and Bird & Bird ATMD LLP. The case was decided on 2 May 2025 in the High Court Registrar.