Lim Siew Hwa v Loh Kim Hon

[2026] SGDC 117 District Court 1 April 2026 DC/OC 1685/2023 45 min read

6 cases cited (4 SG, 2 foreign)

Key facts

Court	District Court
Decided	1 April 2026
Judge	Teo Guan Kee
Charges / claim	Landlord And Tenant
Counsel	Eugene Thuraisingam Asia LLC, M Yap Law, Eugene Singarajan Thuraisingam, Michelle Yap Shing Yee, Ng Yuan Siang

Source: [2026] SGDC 117, District Court, decided 1 April 2026 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Landlord And Tenant – Termination of leases – Whether covenants amounted to conditions of the tenancy agreement Landlord And Tenant – Covenants – Quiet enjoyment

Practice Areas

Landlord And Tenant

Judges (1)

Teo Guan Kee Delivered

Counsel (5)

Eugene Thuraisingam Asia LLC Firm M Yap Law Firm Eugene Singarajan Thuraisingam Counsel Plaintiff Michelle Yap Shing Yee Counsel Defendant Ng Yuan Siang Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Lim Siew Hwa Plaintiff Loh Kim Hon Defendant

Case Significance

Lim Siew Hwa v Loh Kim Hon [2026] SGDC 117 is a District Court judgment delivered by District Judge Teo Guan Kee on 1 April 2026, arising from a tenancy dispute over a semi-detached house let by Lim Siew Hwa to Loh Kim Hon under a four-year tenancy agreement dated 15 July 2021 at a monthly rent of $4,000. The central questions were whether the covenants in the tenancy agreement amounted to conditions of the tenancy — such that their breach could justify termination — and whether the covenant of quiet enjoyment had been breached. The claimant was represented by Eugene Singarajan Thuraisingam and Ng Yuan Siang of Eugene Thuraisingam Asia LLC; the defendant was represented by Michelle Yap Shing Yee of M Yap Law.

[2026] SGDC 117 explained

Lim Siew Hwa v Loh Kim Hon ([2026] SGDC 117) is a Singapore judgment decided by the District Court on 1 April 2026. It is categorised under Landlord And Tenant. 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 [2026] SGDC 117 about?

Lim Siew Hwa v Loh Kim Hon ([2026] SGDC 117) is a District Court decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Landlord And Tenant – Termination of leases – Whether covenants amounted to conditions of the tenancy agreement Landlord And Tenant – Covenants – Quiet enjoyment”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

Lim Siew Hwa (landlord) purported to terminate a four-year tenancy agreement at $4,000 per month with Loh Kim Hon in September 2023 for alleged repudiatory breaches, and the parties brought competing claims and counterclaims. The District Court found largely in the defendant tenant's favour: the landlord's claims succeeded only to the extent of $60 in damages (for a study table breach and a grilling breach), while the defendant's counterclaims were allowed for $14,443.44, comprising $14,343.44 for breach of the quiet enjoyment covenant and $100 for breach of the dispute resolution mechanism clause.

What landlord-tenant issues did the District Court address in Lim Siew Hwa v Loh Kim Hon [2026] SGDC 117?

District Judge Teo Guan Kee decided on 1 April 2026 whether covenants in a four-year tenancy agreement (monthly rent $4,000) amounted to conditions whose breach justified termination, and whether the covenant of quiet enjoyment had been breached by landlord Lim Siew Hwa against tenant Loh Kim Hon.