Bridging the common law-civil law divide? The 1985 Trusts Convention

• Main Author: CHONG, Adeline
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Estates and Trusts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3206; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781788976503&context=PC&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Elgar%20Companion%20on%20the%20Hague%20Conference%20on%20Private%20International%20Law&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition (hereafter the ‘Hague TrustsConvention’) was concluded on 1 July 1985. It has two main objectives: first, to determine the lawapplicable to trusts, and secondly, to govern the recognition of trusts.Space does not allow for a full examination of the Convention’s provisions. Instead the aims of thischapter are to provide an overview of the Convention and to consider some of its more significanteffects and problematic issues. The underlying issue is whether the Convention can be adjudged asuccess in bridging the divide between trust and non-trust States.