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

  1. Torts

Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia 2026 SCC 16 — (Supreme Court of Canada recognising a new tort of intimate partner violence)
Commentators: Professor A Kumaralingam (NUS) and Assistant Professor Aaron Yoong (SMU)

  1. Equity and Trusts

Wong Mei Lee Millie v Jake Ngor Shing Rong [2026] SGCA 27 — (SGCA on ‘conditional’ resulting trust and illegality frameworks for the enforcement of trusts)
Commentator: Professor Tang Hang Wu (SMU)

  1. Limitation and Equitable Claims

Kuvera Properties Pte Ltd v Far East Opus Pte Ltd [2026] SGCA 34 — (SGCA on limitation in misrepresentation claims, including equitable remedies)
Commentator: Professor Steven Elliott KC (NUS)

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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