S/N | Cause of action | Pleaded facts in support of the cause of action |
1 | Chua’s breach of her employment contract | Chua’s unauthorised absence from work in the months of April to July 2017; |
Chua’s resignation without giving the requisite one-month notice; |
Chua’s failure to handover confidential information relating to CAPL’s assets and properties, business opportunities, contracts, suppliers, customers and employees (“the Confidential Information”) and the personal employment folders of the Plaintiff and another employee, Peong Kim Fat (“the Employment Folders”) upon her resignation from CAPL; |
Chua’s wrongful removal/deletion of all documents and information belonging to CAPL in a work laptop assigned to her by CAPL; |
Chua causing, procuring and/or inducing CAPL to enter into transactions with J&J for the supply of material and services at undervalue; |
Chua’s knowledge that the materials and services supplied were provided at an undervalue, without CAPL’s knowledge, and that such transactions were for Chua’s direct profit; |
Chua’s failure to account to CAPL for the provision of materials and services to J&J at an undervalue; |
Chua setting up J&J without the knowledge of CAPL’s managing director; |
Chua’s failure to disclose that her husband was the beneficial owner and/or controller of J&J; |
Chua’s wrongful diversion of projects away from CAPL to J&J to make a profit for her husband and herself; |
Chua’s misuse of the Confidential Information by divulging it to J&J, for the purposes of diverting projects away from CAPL, and consolidating and further enhancing J&J’s business; |
Chua inducing one of CAPL’s employee (“Peong”) to work for J&J for purposes otherwise than for CAPL and in breach of his employment contract with CAPL; |
Chua causing Peong to take unauthorised leave resulting in overpayment of salaries to Peong; |
Chua inducing Peong to leave CAPL and continue working for J&J; |
2 | Chua’s breach of her director’s duties | Chua’s failure to handover the Confidential Information and the Employment Folders upon her resignation from CAPL; |
Chua’s failure to report and/or account to CAPL’s managing director and/or CAPL in respect of CAPL’s day to day running, control and management of the business, sales, assets, properties and collection of monies. |
Chua’s removal/deletion of all documents and information belonging to CAPL (including the Confidential Information) in a work laptop assigned to her by CAPL. |
Chua causing, procuring and/or inducing CAPL to enter into transactions with J&J for the supply of material and services at undervalue; |
Chua’s knowledge that the materials and services supplied were provided at an undervalue, without CAPL’s knowledge, and that such transactions were for Chua’s direct profit; |
Chua’s failure to account to CAPL for the provision of materials and services to J&J at an undervalue. |
Chua setting up J&J without the knowledge of CAPL’s managing director; |
Chua’s failure to disclose that her husband was the beneficial owner and/or controller of J&J; |
Chua’s failure to disclose her interest in J&J and the various transactions for goods/services supplied at undervalue, to CAPL; |
Chua’s diversion of projects away from CAPL to J&J to make a profit for her husband and herself, and consolidating and further enhancing J&J’s business; |
Chua’s misuse of the Confidential Information by divulging it to J&J for the purposes of diverting projects away from CAPL and consolidating and further enhancing J&J’s business; |
Chua inducing Peong to work for J&J for purposes otherwise than for CAPL and in breach of his employment contract with CAPL; |
Chua causing Peong to take unauthorised leave resulting in overpayment of salaries to Peong; |
Chua inducing Peong to leave CAPL and continue working for J&J; |
3 | Chua’s breach of duties as CAPL’s trustee | Chua’s failure to handover the Confidential Information and Employment Folders upon her resignation from CAPL; |
Chua’s failure to report and/or account to CAPL’s managing director and/or CAPL in respect of CAPL’s day to day running, control and management of the business, sales, assets, properties and collection of monies. |
Chua’s removal/deletion of all documents and information belonging to CAPL (including the Confidential Information) in a work laptop assigned to her by CAPL. |
Chua causing, procuring and/or inducing CAPL to enter into transactions with J&J for the supply of material and services at undervalue; |
Chua’s knowledge that the materials and services supplied were provided at an undervalue, without CAPL’s knowledge, and that such transactions were for Chua’s direct profit; |
Chua’s failure to account to CAPL for the provision of materials and services to J&J at an undervalue. |
Chua setting up J&J without the knowledge of CAPL’s managing director; |
Chua’s failure to disclose that her husband was the beneficial owner and/or controller of J&J; |
Chua’s failure to disclose her interest in J&J and the various transactions for goods/services supplied at undervalue, to CAPL; |
Chua’s diversion of projects away from CAPL to J&J to make a profit for her husband and herself; |
Chua’s misuse of the Confidential Information by divulging it to J&J for the purposes of diverting projects away from CAPL, and consolidating and further enhancing J&J’s business; |
Chua inducing Peong to work for J&J for purposes otherwise than for CAPL and in breach of his employment contract with CAPL; |
Chua causing Peong to take unauthorised leave resulting in overpayment of salaries to Peong; |
Chua inducing Peong to leave CAPL and continue working for J&J; |
4 | Chua and J&J’s unlawful means conspiracy to defraud CAPL | Chua and J&J jointly setting up a competing business, using CAPL’s employees, assets and properties, confidential information, business opportunities, contracts, suppliers and customers; |
Chua and J&J planning CAPL’s destruction or planning a situation in which CAPL was forced to sell/close its business (by setting up J&J); |
Effecting the conspiracy through acts such as (a) Chua and BCC setting up J&J without CAPL’s authorisation, (b) Chua failing to disclose that her husband was the beneficial owner and/or controller of J&J, (c) Chua and/or BCC causing CAPL to enter into transactions with J&J for the supply of material and services at undervalue, (d) Chua and/or BCC misusing the Confidential Information, (e) Chua inducing Peong to work for J&J for purposes otherwise than for CAPL and in breach of Peong’s employment contract with CAPL, (f) Chua causing Peong to take unauthorised leave resulting in overpayment of salaries to Peong, (g) Chua inducing Peong to leave CAPL and continue working for J&J, |
5 | Chua and J&J’s unlawful interference with CAPL’s business | Chua inducing Peong to work for J&J for purposes otherwise than for CAPL and in breach of Peong’s employment contract with CAPL; |
Chua causing Peong to take unauthorised leave resulting in overpayment of salaries to Peong; |
Chua inducing Peong to leave CAPL and continue working for J&J; |
6 | BCC’s knowing receipt | BCC knew or should have known that the materials and services provided by CAPL to J&J Automation were provided at an undervalue; |
BCC knew or should have known that Chua intended to use and indeed used the materials and services (provided at undervalue) to benefit J&J and/or Chua, directly or indirectly, and without accounting to CAPL for the actual value of the materials and services; |