The Constructive Trust in Singapore: Five Persistent Puzzles

• Main Author: TANG, Hang Wu
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: constructive trust; equity; singapore; Asian Studies; Commercial Law; Property Law and Real Estate
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1630; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3582/viewcontent/P_ID_53204_ConstructiveTrust.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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.