Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
12-2022
Abstract
The legal rules that emerge in a society are shaped by the conditions of that society. In the area of trusts law, this chapter argues that the English principles of the presumed resulting trust and the common intention constructive trust have been adapted to suit the Singaporean family context. At first sight, given that Singapore law has declined to follow the Stack v Dowden line of developments that have taken place in English law concerning beneficial ownership of family property, it may appear that Singapore trusts law is more conservative and that pre-Stack English law is better preserved on Singapore soil than in England.
Keywords
Trusts law, family law, property law, Singapore
Discipline
Asian Studies | Family Law | Property Law and Real Estate
Research Areas
Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice
Publication
Asia-Pacific Trusts Law: Adaptation in Context
Volume
2
Editor
Ying Khai Liew & Ying-Chieh Wu
First Page
15
Last Page
32
ISBN
9781509954605
Identifier
10.5040/9781509954636.ch-002
Publisher
Hart
City or Country
Oxford
Citation
YIP, Man.
Resulting and constructive trusts in the contemporary Singaporean family context. (2022). Asia-Pacific Trusts Law: Adaptation in Context. 2, 15-32.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4364
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509954636.ch-002