Form, substance and recharacterisation

• Main Author: LEE, Pey Woan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Characterisation; recharacterisation; form; substance; formal reasoning; substantive reasoning; tenancy; employment; trust; floating charge; retention of title; Common Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3102; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99329012202601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Form%20and%20substance%20in%20the%20law%20of%20obligations&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This chapterexamines the jurisprudence of recharacterisations in the selective areas of tenancy, employment,trusts and financing arrangements. It argues that the characterisation of atransaction is always a question of law informed by policy considerations. Specifically,recharacterisations are conce...