Resulting and constructive trusts in the contemporary Singaporean family context

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 f...

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Main Author:	YIP, Man
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Language:	English
Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
Subjects:	Trusts law family law property law Singapore Asian Studies Family Law Property Law and Real Estate
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spelling	sg-smu-ink.sol_research-63222024-01-18T03:41:32Z Resulting and constructive trusts in the contemporary Singaporean family context YIP, Man 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. 2022-12-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4364 info:doi/10.5040/9781509954636.ch-002 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6322/viewcontent/ConstructiveTrusts_Singapore_Family_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Trusts law family law property law Singapore Asian Studies Family Law Property Law and Real Estate
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description	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.
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title	Resulting and constructive trusts in the contemporary Singaporean family context
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Resulting and constructive trusts in the contemporary Singaporean family context

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