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Malcomson Nicholas Hugh Bertram v Mehta Naresh Kumar

[2001] 3 SLR(R) 379
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore High Court
Year2001
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Singapore common law recognises a tort of intentional harassment by a course of conduct calculated to cause and in fact causing alarm, fear or distress, capable of grounding injunctive and damages relief; foundational authority later partially overtaken by statute (POHA).

Area of Law

Tort — harassment — protection of intentional infliction of emotional distress

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