Case of woman sued for defamation after trying to get back money shows importance of documenting such loans.

Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng set out their claims in documents that were each 49 pages long. 

Suit centres on statements published in article concerning ministers' property transactions.

The Magistrate’s Court’s decision in Walker Helen Debra v Soh Poh Geok [2021] SGMC 79 is the first published decision in Singapore that directly considers the principles applicable to an award of damages for tortious injury to a companion animal. This note tests the limits of the framework governing tortious remedies for damaged and destroyed chattels and argues for a shift away from the conventional “market value” analysis and the “total constructive loss” rule in favour of a holistic test of reasonableness in determining the recoverability of damages.