CHAN 
Wei Xuan Timothy

 
Sheridan Fellow

Academic Fellow

Timothy is a Sheridan Fellow at the National University of Singapore and a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School. He works on property theory and private law theory, with a special interest in intangible property and digital assets. He has published in leading journals including the Modern Law Review, the Law Quarterly Review, the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, Legal Studies, and the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies. His research has been cited by the Singapore High Court and by the UK Law Commission. He is a member of the Singapore Bar and was a disputes practitioner before entering academia.

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Contact

chanwxt@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6601 2984
E-M-03

Education

LLM (Harvard); LLB (Hons) (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

 

Current Courses

Equity & Trusts (G)

Timothy is a Sheridan Fellow at the National University of Singapore and a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School. He works on property theory and private law theory, with a special interest in intangible property and digital assets. He has published in leading journals including the Modern Law Review, the Law Quarterly Review, the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, Legal Studies, and the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies. His research has been cited by the Singapore High Court and by the UK Law Commission. He is a member of the Singapore Bar and was a disputes practitioner before entering academia.

Book Chapters
Timothy Chan and Kelvin FK Low, 'Blockchain Tokenisation: 'NFTy' trick or Griftonomics?' in Paul S Davies and Hans Tjio (eds), Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law (Hart Publishing 2024) 101

Journal Articles
Timothy Chan, 'The Nature of Property in Cryptoassets' (2023) 43 (3) Legal Studies 480

Timothy Chan, 'Resulting and Constructive Trusts Over Public Housing - Recent Developments and the Way Forward' [2022] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 1

Shorter Articles and Notes
Timothy Chan and Kelvin FK Low, ‘Crypto Tracing Stumbles at Trial’ [2025] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 208

Timothy Chan, ‘Fiduciary Good Faith and the Taxonomy of Duties in the Singapore Court of Appeal: Credit Suisse Trust Limited v Ivanishvili, Bidzina and others’ [2025] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 199


  • Property Theory
  • Private Law Theory
  • Equity and Trusts
  • Digital Assets, Cryptoassets, and Cryptocurrencies