Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-2010

Abstract

This paper investigates some persistent difficulties surrounding the constructive trust. The five persistent puzzles relating to the constructive trust that are considered in this paper are: the terminology puzzle, the institutional and remedial puzzle, the explanatory puzzle, the bankruptcy puzzle and the Torrens puzzle. It is the author’s thesis that these five enduring puzzles must be addressed and ultimately unravelled in order to ensure the coherent development of the law in this area.

Keywords

constructive trust, equity, singapore

Discipline

Asian Studies | Commercial Law | Property Law and Real Estate

Research Areas

Private Law

Publication

Singapore Academy of Law Journal

Volume

22

First Page

136

Last Page

165

ISSN

0218-2009

Publisher

Singapore Academy of Law

Additional URL

http://journalsonline.academypublishing.org.sg/Journals/Singapore-Academy-of-Law-Journal-Special-Issue/e-Archive/ctl/SALArticlesListing/mid/513/IssueId/47

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