Cheah Peng Hock v Luzhou Bio-Chem Technology Ltd

JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
JudgeQuentin Loh J
Judgment Date06 February 2013
Neutral Citation[2013] SGHC 32
Citation[2013] SGHC 32
Hearing Date20 January 2012,13 January 2012,18 January 2012,19 January 2012,16 January 2012,29 February 2012,21 March 2012,19 October 2011,24 October 2011,20 October 2011,17 January 2012,25 October 2011,18 October 2011
Published date18 February 2013
Year2013
Date06 February 2013
Docket NumberSuit No 821 of 2010
Subject MatterEmployment Law,breach,contractual terms,Contract,implied terms,contract of service,employer's duties
Plaintiff CounselHee Theng Fong and Lin Ying Clare (M/s RHT Law LLP)
Defendant CounselYuen Djia Chiang Jonathan, James Lin Zhurong and Audrey Li (Harry Elias Partnership LLP)

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6 books & journal articles
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...in Singapore, subject to express terms or the circumstances suggesting otherwise (see Cheah Peng Hock v Luzhou Bio-Chem Technology Ltd[2013] 2 SLR 577 at [59]). Such an implied term could affect the employer's exercise of his discretion under a discretionary bonus clause, but whether this w......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...found that there is no gap which implication can remedy. Terms implied by law 12.34 In Cheah Peng Hock v Luzhou Bio-Chem Technology Ltd[2013] 2 SLR 577, Quentin Loh J held that unless there were express terms to the contrary, there was a term, implied by law, that an employer owed an employ......
  • FATE OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...(Singapore) Pte Ltd[2014] 4 SLR 357. 8 For a list of such situations see, for instance, Cheah Peng Hock v Luzhou Bio-Chem Technology Ltd[2013] 2 SLR 577 at [56]. 9Arul Chandran v Gartshore[2000] 1 SLR(R) 436; Tullett Prebon (Singapore) Ltd v Chua Leong Chuan Simon[2005] 4 SLR(R) 344; Aldabe......
  • Comment
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, December - January 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...to some possible scenarios where constructive dismissal may arise, see, for instance, Cheah Peng Hong v Luzhou Bio-Chem Technology Ltd [2013] 2 SLR 577 (“Cheah”). As provided for in the definition above and as illustrated by Cheah, a series of omissions or conduct can also result in constru......
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