DCA v DCB

Case Significance

DCA v DCB [2024] SGHC 154 was a judgment of the General Division of the High Court of Singapore delivered by Choo Han Teck J on 14 June 2024, in Originating Claim No 94 of 2022, following hearings on 6, 7 and 28 May 2024. The case concerned a claim in the tort of negligence relating to the duty of care owed by the defendant, a law firm. According to the background set out in the judgment, in August 2013 Mdm X, then aged 89, instructed the defendant law firm to draft her will and attend to other matters relating to her estate. Mdm X had four children: Ms A (born 1951), Ms B (born 1954), Mr C (born 1958) and Ms D, the claimant, born 1966. At that time Mdm X and the claimant were living in Toronto, Canada, having emigrated with Mdm X's husband around 1987. A letter of engagement was signed by Mdm X on or around 15 August 2013, witnessed by Ms Y, Mdm X's best friend, who was then aged 82 and who presently lacks mental capacity. The solicitor on record for Mdm X was Ms S, an advocate and solicitor of 23 years' standing and a partner with the defendant. The claimant was represented by Titanium Law Chambers LLC and the defendant by Rev Law LLC.