Work Injury Compensation

Work Injury Compensation is a primary practice area in Singapore's legal system. This area encompasses 73 cases from 2000 to 2024.

Leading Law Firms

Analysis of law firms specializing in Work Injury Compensation, ranked by case volume and success rates.

Law FirmCases
Hoh Law Corporation56.25% success rate16 cases21.9% of area
Attorney-General’s Chambers53.85% success rate13 cases17.8% of area
Just Law LLC38.46% success rate13 cases17.8% of area
United Legal Alliance LLC12.50% success rate8 cases11.0% of area
Yeo Perumal Mohideen Law Corporation50.00% success rate4 cases5.5% of area
ACIES Law Corporation100.00% success rate4 cases5.5% of area
Gabriel Law Corporation33.33% success rate3 cases4.1% of area
Tan & Pillai0.00% success rate3 cases4.1% of area
Cooma & Rai100.00% success rate3 cases4.1% of area
Legal Clinic LLC50.00% success rate2 cases2.7% of area

Notable Lawyers

Leading lawyers practicing in Work Injury Compensation, ranked by case volume and success rates.

LawyerCases
Appoo Ramesh44.44% success rate6 cases8.2% of area
Ramesh Appoo37.50% success rate5 cases6.8% of area
Michael Eu Hai Meng20.00% success rate5 cases6.8% of area
N. Srinivasan80.00% success rate5 cases6.8% of area
Ramasamy s/o Karuppan Chettiar75.00% success rate4 cases5.5% of area
Eu Hai Meng0.00% success rate4 cases5.5% of area
Hong Heng Leong0.00% success rate3 cases4.1% of area
Subbiah Pillai0.00% success rate3 cases4.1% of area
Vinodhan Gunasekaran100.00% success rate3 cases4.1% of area
Namasivayam Srinivasan66.67% success rate3 cases4.1% of area

Recent Judgments

Displaying 50 most recent judgments out of 73 total cases

No.TitleCourtDecision DateOutcomes
1Muhamad Zulhilmi v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Drug & Weapons Charges SentenceGeneral Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore14 Aug 2024
Appeal Dismissed
2Koh Lian Kok v Public Prosecutor: Workplace Safety, Negligence, and Sentencing AppealGeneral Division of the High Court20 May 2024
Appeal Dismissed and Sentence Enhanced
3Public Prosecutor v. Adam bin Mohamed Noor: Workplace Safety and Health Act ViolationGeneral Division of the High Court30 Jan 2024
Appeal Allowed
4Ching Hwa Ming v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Corruption Conviction and SentenceGeneral Division of the High Court29 Oct 2023
Appeals against conviction dismissed; appeals against sentence allowed, sentences reduced to 12 months' imprisonment.
5MTM Ship Management v Devaswarupa: Work Injury Compensation & Seafarer Death BenefitsGeneral Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore26 Jul 2022
Appeal Allowed
6Sompo Insurance v Tay Jia Yi: Work Injury Compensation for Cardiac ArrestGeneral Division of the High Court22 May 2022
Applicants' appeal allowed; Assistant Commissioner's determination set aside.
7Munshi Rasal v Enlighten Furniture: Appeal Dismissed for Workplace Injury ClaimCourt of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore09 Mar 2021
Appeal Dismissed
8Great Eastern General Insurance v Next of Kin of Maripan Ponnusamy: Work Injury Compensation for Security Officer's FallHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore04 Aug 2020
Appeal dismissed
9Munshi Rasal v Enlighten Furniture: Negligence Claim for Workplace InjuryHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore05 Apr 2020
Appeal dismissed with costs.
10Great Eastern General Insurance v Next of Kin of Md Sharif: Work Injury Compensation AppealHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore30 Mar 2020
Appeal Dismissed
11Bintai Kindenko Pte Ltd v Biswas Dipu: Work Injury Compensation - Principal's LiabilityHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore13 Oct 2019
Application dismissed
12Alam Jahangir v Mega Metal Pte Ltd: Assessment of Damages for Workplace InjuryHigh Court of Singapore18 Jun 2019
Judgment for Plaintiff
13Arpah bte Sabar v Colex Environmental: Work Injury Compensation for Death Due to Ischaemic Heart DiseaseHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore28 May 2019
Appeal Allowed
14Taishan Sports Engineering v Sivalingam Pragadesh: Appeal of Work Injury Compensation DecisionHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore12 May 2019
Appeal Dismissed
15Agilah v Commissioner for Labour: Judicial Review of Work Injury Compensation AssessmentHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore21 Mar 2019
Application for leave to commence judicial review dismissed.
16Temasek Polytechnic v Poh Peng Ghee: Work Injury Compensation AppealHigh Court of Singapore27 Sep 2018
Amended Certificate of Order of Assistant Commissioner of Labour set aside.
17Hauque Enamul v China Taiping: Work Injury Compensation for Construction Worker's Back InjuryHigh Court of Singapore14 May 2018
Appeal Allowed
18Chua Jian Construction v Zhao Xiaojuan: Work Injury Compensation for Intracerebral HemorrhageHigh Court of Singapore24 Apr 2018
Appeal Allowed
19Lee Swee Chon v Kiat Seng Metals: Workplace Negligence & Contributory NegligenceHigh Court of Singapore30 Jan 2018
Judgment for the Plaintiff; Defendant to bear 65% of the loss and damage suffered by the Plaintiff.
20China Taiping Insurance v Low Yi Lian: Work Injury Compensation Claim Without Grant of RepresentationHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore03 Jan 2018
Appeal Dismissed
21Ong Kim Teck v Quek Chin Hwa: Assessment of Damages for Workplace InjuryHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore21 Nov 2017
Judgment for Plaintiff
22Mia Mukles v Public Prosecutor: Appeal on WICA Fraudulent Claim & False StatementHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore12 Oct 2017
Appeal Dismissed
23Miah Rasel v 5 Ways Engineering: Negligence, Duty of Care & Contributory Negligence in Construction AccidentHigh Court26 Sep 2017
Judgment for Plaintiff; Defendant liable for 75% of damages.
24MST Ruma Khatun v T & Zee Engineering: Work Injury Compensation & Insurer LiabilityHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore22 May 2017
Appeal Allowed
25Md Shohel v Chen Yongbiao: Negligence, Duty of Care, and Illegality in Workplace Injury ClaimHigh Court11 May 2017
Interlocutory judgment granted for the plaintiff to the extent of 80% of the damages, with damages to be assessed.
26Md Rafiqul Islam Abdul Aziz v Public Prosecutor: Revision of Conviction Under Work Injury Compensation ActHigh Court08 Dec 2016
Application Allowed
27Minichit Bunhom v Jazali bin Kastari: Special Damages & Employer's Duty under EFMAHigh Court of Singapore06 Dec 2016
Appeal dismissed.
28Goh Yee Lan Coreena v P & P Security Services: Work Injury Compensation Act AppealHigh Court of the Republic of Singapore21 Jul 2016
Appeal Allowed
29SGB Starkstrom v Commissioner for Labour: Work Injury Compensation & Mental CapacityCourt of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore20 Apr 2016
Appeal Dismissed
30Huationg (Asia) v Lonpac Insurance: Work Injury Compensation & Motorcycling ExceptionHigh Court22 Dec 2015
Appeal dismissed.
31Wang Jianbin v Hong De Development: Personal Injury Claim for Workplace AccidentHigh Court24 Sep 2015
Appeal allowed in part.
32Chong Kim Beng v Lim Ka Poh: Joint Liability & Negligence in Workplace InjuryHigh Court05 Apr 2015
Appeal dismissed. The court found that the appellant, Chong Kim Beng, failed to establish that the conduct of Mysteel Engineering Contractor was a proximate cause of his injury.
33Tan Lip Tiong v Commissioner of Labour: Mental Capacity Act & Work Injury CompensationHigh Court01 Apr 2015
Originating Summons No 918 of 2014 dismissed. Originating Summons No 265 of 2014 granted.
34Chen Qiangshi v Hong Fei CDY Construction: Negligence in Construction Site AccidentHigh Court08 Sep 2014
Judgment for Plaintiff; liability reduced by 50% due to contributory negligence.
35Lum Hon Ying v Buildmart Industries: Negligence & Statutory Duty in Crane AccidentHigh Court09 Jul 2014
Judgment for the plaintiffs against Chiu Teng and Buildmart, with both defendants bearing joint and several liability.
36Soon Khai Min v Tiang Siew Keng: Work Injury Compensation Act & Third-Party LiabilityHigh Court03 Nov 2013
Plaintiffs' claim struck out; Plaintiffs ordered to return interim payment to AIG.
37Kee Yau Chong v S H Interdeco: Work Injury Compensation for Workplace AssaultHigh Court22 Oct 2013
Appeal Allowed
38Tian Shaokai v Tiong Hwa Steel: Damages for Workplace Injury and Loss of EarningsHigh Court12 May 2013
Judgment for the Plaintiff.
39Abdul Hadi bin Hamdan v Goldin Enterprise: Interpretation of Work Injury Compensation ActHigh Court16 Sep 2012
Appeal Dismissed
40Poh Huat Heng v Hafizul Islam: Industrial Accident, Paraplegia, Damages AssessmentCourt of Appeal24 Jun 2012
Appeal Dismissed with Costs
41Zhu Shan Fu v China Construction Builders: Assessment of Damages for Workplace InjuryHigh Court14 Mar 2012
Appeal dismissed
42Tan Juay Pah v Kimly Construction: Tower Crane Collapse & NegligenceCourt of Appeal01 Mar 2012
Appeal Allowed
43SAAG Oilfield v Shaik Abu Bakar: Scheme of Arrangement & Extinguishment of Tort ClaimsCourt of Appeal29 Jan 2012
Appeals allowed. The respondents were precluded from pursuing their common law claims for damages against the appellant.
44Pang Chew Kim v Wartsila: Work Injury Compensation for Overseas Death & 'Course of Employment' Legal IssueHigh Court22 Aug 2011
Application for the Commissioner’s decision to be reversed is granted.
45Azman v Saag Oilfield: Scheme of Arrangement & Extinguishment of Tort ClaimsHigh Court01 Aug 2011
Plaintiff's causes of action have not been extinguished, barred, or precluded.
46Allianz Insurance v Ma Shoudong: Work Injury Compensation for Myocardial BridgingHigh Court28 Apr 2011
Appeal Dismissed
47Kimly Construction v Lee Tong Boon: Tower Crane Collapse & Breach of ContractHigh Court27 Jan 2011
Judgment for Plaintiff
48Yang Dan v Xian De Lai: Work Injury Compensation & General Law ClaimHigh Court24 Nov 2010
Appeal Allowed
49SHC Capital Ltd v NTUC Income: Double Insurance & Workmen's CompensationHigh Court04 Aug 2010
Judgment for Plaintiff
50Chandran v Dockers Marine: Employer's Duty of Care & Workplace Safety for StevedoresCourt of Appeal30 Nov 2009
Appeal Allowed