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Proposed Improvements To The Division Of The Parties' Beneficial Interests Beyond The Women's Charter: Chan Yuen Lan V See Fong Mun, Jonathan Muk Mar 2015

Proposed Improvements To The Division Of The Parties' Beneficial Interests Beyond The Women's Charter: Chan Yuen Lan V See Fong Mun, Jonathan Muk

Jonathan Muk

In Chan Yuen Lan v See Fong Mun [2014] SGCA 36, the Singapore Court of Appeal had the opportunity to consider its approach towards ascertaining the parties’ beneficial interests under the common law. It took the opportunity to revist its earlier decision of Lau Siew Kim v Teo Guan Chye Terence [2008] 2 SLR(R) 108 and establish an approach for future cases. It is submitted that the CA’s approach could have gone further to first, establish the common intention constructive trust analysis as the starting point for ascertaining beneficial interests under the common law, second, reform the presumption of advancement …