Remedying the abuse of organisational forms: Trusts and companies considered

• Main Author: LEE, Pey Woan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Asset partitioning; Sham Trusts; Illusory Trusts; Veil-piercing; Concealment; Evasion; Abuse of Corporate Form; Abuse of Trusts; Estates and Trusts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2998; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4956/viewcontent/Lee_PW___Abuse_of_Organisational_Forms__7_Oct_2019_clean__.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Both the trust and the company are organisational forms distinguished bytheir ability to facilitate affirmative asset partitioning. However, this feature isvulnerable to abuse by those whose purpose is to defeat creditor rights. Thisarticle considers recent developments in judicial doctrines aimed a...