Discussion Group on Landmark Cases in Private Law

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August

12

Wednesday
Speaker:Professor A Kumaralingam (NUS), Assistant Professor Aaron Yoong (SMU)
Professor Steven Elliott KC (NUS), Professor Tang Hang Wu (SMU)
Time:4:00 pm to 6:00 pm (SGT)
Venue:Meeting Room 5.01 (Level 5)
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Type of Participation:Open To Public

Description

A discussion of one or two recent decisions of significance to private law.

Each session will open with short commentaries on the selected cases, followed by an open discussion among all participants.

Topics of Discussion

  • Torts

Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia 2026 SCC 16 (Supreme Court of Canada decision recognising a new tort of intimate partner violence)

Commentators: Professor A Kumaralingam (NUS) and Assistant Professor Aaron Yoong (SMU)

  • Equity & Trusts

Wong Mei Lee Millie v Jake Ngor Shing Rong [2026] SGCA 27 — (Singapore Court of Appeal rejecting the ‘conditional’ resulting trust and proposing illegality frameworks for the enforcement of trusts)

Commentators: Professor Steven Elliott KC (NUS) and Professor Tang Hang Wu (SMU)

Fees Applicable

Complimentary

Registration

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Organised By

This discussion group is convened jointly between EW Barker Centre for Law & Business, NUS Law and the Private Law Research Cluster, SMU Yong Pung How School of Law.

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