Korporatio Sing Pte. Ltd. v Wong Suet Mei, Michelle

[2026] SGDC 256 District Court 17 August 2026 DC/OC 1655/2023 47 min read
7 cases cited (6 SG, 1 foreign)

Key facts

Court District Court
Decided
Judge Teo Guan Kee
Charges / claim Employment Law
Counsel A.W. Law LLC, Guardian Law, Hassan Esa Almenoar, Roy Paul Mukkam, Yong Pui Yu Liane (Yang Peiyu)

Source: [2026] SGDC 256, District Court, decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Counsel (5)

A.W. Law LLC Firm
Guardian Law Firm
Hassan Esa Almenoar Counsel for the plaintiff Roy Paul Mukkam Counsel for the defendant
Yong Pui Yu Liane (Yang Peiyu) Counsel for the plaintiff

Parties (2)

Korporatio Sing Pte. Ltd. Plaintiff
Wong Suet Mei, Michelle Defendant

Case Significance

Korporatio Sing Pte. Ltd. v Wong Suet Mei, Michelle [2026] SGDC 256 was decided by District Judge Teo Guan Kee in the District Court on 17 August 2026. The claimant, a corporate secretarial services provider, dismissed the defendant on 16 October 2023 and sued for breach of her Employment Agreement dated 13 December 2021 and the implied duty of good faith and fidelity, alleging she served a competitor, Xion. The issues were whether she breached her duties, whether the claimant could terminate without notice, and the damages and counterclaims. The court found breaches of Clauses 15 and 16, awarded the claimant nominal damages of $100 and $14,583.33 totalling $14,683.33, and awarded the defendant $3,200 on her counterclaim.

[2026] SGDC 256 explained

Korporatio Sing Pte. Ltd. v Wong Suet Mei, Michelle ([2026] SGDC 256) is a Singapore judgment decided by the District Court on 17 August 2026. It is categorised under 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 [2026] SGDC 256 about?

Korporatio Sing Pte. Ltd. v Wong Suet Mei, Michelle ([2026] SGDC 256) is a District Court decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Employment Law – Employees’ duties – Whether acts of employee amounted to breach of terms of employment agreement Employment Law – Contract of service – Breach – Assessment of damages due to employer”, 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 [2026] SGDC 256 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 237. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

Summary

The District Court heard a claim by Korporatio Sing Pte. Ltd., a corporate secretarial services company, against its former employee Wong Suet Mei, Michelle, who was dismissed without notice on 16 October 2023. The court found she breached Clauses 15 and 16 of her Employment Agreement and the implied duty of good faith and fidelity by working for a competitor, Xion. It awarded the claimant $14,683.33 with interest, allowed her counterclaim only for $3,200 in salary, and dismissed the rest.

What was Korporatio Sing v Wong Suet Mei Michelle about ([2026] SGDC 256)?

A corporate secretarial company sued its former employee for breaching her Employment Agreement and the duty of good faith and fidelity by providing services to competitor Xion, while she counterclaimed for salary and other sums.

What damages were awarded in [2026] SGDC 256?

The court ordered the defendant to pay the claimant $14,683.33 with interest at 5.33% per annum, and ordered the claimant to pay the defendant $3,200 in outstanding October 2023 salary on the counterclaim.

Cases Cited (7)

SLR (5)
[2004] 1 SLR(R) 234 [2005] 1 SLR(R) 661 [2008] 1 SLR(R) 663 [2016] 5 SLR 1052 [2023] 4 SLR 396
UK (1)
[1995] 1 WLR 1602

Related cases

Other Singapore judgments involving the same parties or counsel.

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.

Read on eLitigation

Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGDC 256)