L’OREAL & Anor v SHOPEE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED

[2025] SGHCR 2 High Court Registrar 2 April 2025 HC/OA 305/2024 ( HC/SUM 165/2025 ) 51 min read

12 cases cited (8 SG, 4 foreign)

Key facts

Court	High Court Registrar
Decided	2 April 2025
Judge	Chong Ee Hsiun
Charges / claim	Abuse of Process, Civil Procedure
Counsel	Chua & Partners LLP, Ravindran Associates LLP, Chan Wenqiang, Maria Xenia Robles Lafiguera, Ravindran s/o Muthucumarasamy, Sheryl Lauren Koh Quanli, Woozeer Shaquil Ahmad

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

Catchwords

Abuse of Process — Riddick principle Civil Procedure — Disclosure of documents — Disclosure of information — — Sufficiency of answer Civil Procedure — Interrogatories — Disclosure of information — Whether principles on interrogatories relevant to O 11 r 11 Rules of Court 2021

Practice Areas

Abuse of Process Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Chong Ee Hsiun Delivered

Counsel (7)

Chua & Partners LLP Firm Ravindran Associates LLP Firm Chan Wenqiang Counsel Applicant Maria Xenia Robles Lafiguera Counsel Applicant Ravindran s/o Muthucumarasamy Counsel Applicant Sheryl Lauren Koh Quanli Counsel Respondent Woozeer Shaquil Ahmad Counsel Respondent

Parties (3)

L'Oreal Applicant La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Dermatologique Applicant Shopee Singapore Private Limited Respondent

Case Significance

[2025] SGHCR 2 is a High Court Registrar decision dated 2 April 2025 concerning Abuse of Process and Civil Procedure, specifically addressing riddick principle, disclosure of documents, and interrogatories. The judgment was delivered by Chong Ee Hsiun. The case was brought by L'Oreal and others (applicant) against Shopee Singapore Private Limited (respondent). Legal representation was provided by Ravindran Associates LLP and Chua & Partners LLP. The judgment cites 12 cases (8 Singapore, 4 foreign).

[2025] SGHCR 2 explained

L’OREAL & Anor v SHOPEE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED ([2025] SGHCR 2) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 2 April 2025. It is categorised under Abuse of Process and Civil Procedure. 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 2 about?

L’OREAL & Anor v SHOPEE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED ([2025] SGHCR 2) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Abuse of Process — Riddick principle”, “Civil Procedure — Disclosure of documents — Disclosure of information — — Sufficiency of answer”, and “Civil Procedure — Interrogatories — Disclosure of information — Whether principles on interrogatories relevant to O 11 r 11 Rules of Court 2021”, 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 2 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 327 and [2024] SGHC 308. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

Summary

L'Oreal and La Roche-Posay, having obtained a pre-action information production order against Shopee regarding counterfeit product sellers, sought further orders alleging the respondent's answers were insufficient. The court dismissed the application, finding Shopee had complied with the order to the best of its knowledge, was not bound to obtain information from third parties, and declined to lift the Riddick undertaking to permit use of disclosed information in other proceedings.

What was decided in [2025] SGHCR 2?

[2025] SGHCR 2 (L’OREAL & Anor v SHOPEE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2 April 2025 addressing Abuse of Process and Civil Procedure, specifically riddick principle, disclosure of documents, and interrogatories. The judgment was delivered by Chong Ee Hsiun.

Who were the parties in L’OREAL & Anor v SHOPEE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED ([2025] SGHCR 2)?

The applicant in [2025] SGHCR 2 was L'Oreal, La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Dermatologique, and the respondent was Shopee Singapore Private Limited. Legal representation included Chua & Partners LLP and Ravindran Associates LLP. The case was decided on 2 April 2025 in the High Court Registrar.