Boston Scientific Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. v Elliot Lee & Anor
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Key facts
| Court | High Court Registrar |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Perry Peh |
| Charges / claim | Civil Procedure |
| Counsel | Breakpoint LLC, Nair, Jen & Tan LLC, PRP Law LLC, Chua Shi Jie, Joshua Goh, Mathias Goh, Nicholas Poon, Pradeep Pillai, Simren Kaur Sandhu, Suresh Nair, Wong Yong Min |
Source: [2026] SGHCR 40, High Court Registrar, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Boston Scientific Asia Pacific Pte Ltd v Lee Elliot and another [2026] SGHCR 40 was decided by AR Perry Peh in the General Division of the High Court, with judgment dated 1 October 2026. The claimant sought an interim injunction in HC/SUM 2702/2026 to restrain its former employee, Elliot Lee, whose employment ended on 1 July 2026, from continuing work with Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte Ltd, which he joined on 25 August 2026, in breach of a non-compete agreement. The issues included whether trade and client connections with third party middlemen and institutions were a legitimate interest, and whether damages were adequate. The court found a serious question to be tried but no good arguable case on the evidence, held damages adequate, dismissed SUM 2702 and ordered costs in the cause of OC 762.
[2026] SGHCR 40 explained
Boston Scientific Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. v Elliot Lee & Anor ([2026] SGHCR 40) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 1 October 2026. It is categorised under 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 [2026] SGHCR 40 about?
Boston Scientific Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. v Elliot Lee & Anor ([2026] SGHCR 40) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Interim injunctions — Restraint of trade”, 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] SGHCR 40 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2026] SGHC 134, [2026] SGHCR 7, and [2024] SGHC 94, and 1 more. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
Summary
The General Division of the High Court heard an application by Boston Scientific Asia Pacific Pte Ltd for an interim injunction to stop its former employee, Elliot Lee, from working for Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte Ltd in breach of a non-compete agreement. The Registrar held that the claimant's trade and client connections raised serious questions to be tried but were supported only by bare assertions, and that damages were an adequate remedy. SUM 2702 was dismissed, with costs in the cause.
What was Boston Scientific Asia Pacific v Elliot Lee [2026] SGHCR 40 about?
It was an application for an interim injunction to restrain a former employee from working for a competitor in breach of a non-compete agreement. The claimant relied on trade and client connections with third party middlemen and institutions as its legitimate interest.
Why was the interim injunction refused in [2026] SGHCR 40?
The court found the claimant's evidence was largely bare assertions and did not show a good arguable case that the non-compete was enforceable. Damages were adequate because losses could be assessed from lost sales, so SUM 2702 was dismissed.
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Judgment
Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.
Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2026] SGHCR 40)