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In the fourth edition, Professors Tang Hang Wu (Singapore Management University) and Kelvin FK Low (City University of Hong Kong) have updated the text to take into account extensive legislative and case law developments over the past decade.
Tan Sook Yee’s Principles of Singapore Land Law has been hailed as a milestone among legal texts in Singapore. The third edition of this book has been widely relied on by all levels of the Singapore courts and the Federal Court of Malaysia. In this fourth edition, the work has been revised extensively by Professor Tang Hang Wu (Singapore Management University) and Professor Kelvin FK Low (City University of Hong Kong), taking on board developments in the law for the past decade.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Land
Chapter 3: Estates in Land
Chapter 4: State Land
Chapter 5: Alienation of Interests
Chapter 6: Future Interests
Chapter 7: Equity & Trusts
Chapter 8: Settled Estates
Chapter 9: Co-ownership
Chapter 10: Restrictions on Capacity to Hold Land
Chapter 11: Priority of Interests at General Law
Chapter 12: Registration of Deeds
Chapter 13: The Torrens System of Registration of Titles
Chapter 14: The Land Register and Registration
Chapter 15: Caveats
Chapter 16: Contracts for the Sale of Land
Chapter 17: Leases
Chapter 18: Mortgages
Chapter 19: Licences
Chapter 20: Easements and Profits à Prendre
Chapter 21: Covenants Relating to Freehold Land
Chapter 22: Strata Titles
Chapter 23: Planning and Development
Chapter 24: Public Housing
Tang Hang Wu
Tang Hang Wu is a Professor at the School of Law, Singapore Management University. Hang Wu has published widely and his work has been relied on by all levels of the Singapore courts, the Royal Court of Jersey, the Caribbean Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Malaysia, law reform committees in the Commonwealth, major textbooks and law journals. Apart from his work in academia, Hang Wu advises members of Singapore’s legal profession and relevant government ministries on complex legal issues pertaining to restitution, property, trusts and charities and often acts as Counsel before the Singapore courts on such issues.
Kelvin FK Low
Kelvin F K Low is Professor at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. Kelvin’s research interest spans the field of private law but with a particular interest in property, broadly defined. He has published internationally with leading journals such as the Law Quarterly Review, the Modern Law Review, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and Legal Studies and is a co-author of the 2nd edition of The Law of Personal Property, the leading personal property text in the Commonwealth. His works have been cited by all levels of the Singapore Courts, the Australian High Court, the English High Court, the Malaysian Federal Court, the English, Scottish, New Zealand and Australian Law Commissions, the Irish Sales Law Review Group as well as leading texts throughout the Commonwealth. He is a member of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law and a co-editor of Trust Law International and is the joint section editor for Singapore and Hong Kong for the Property Law Review.
Reviews of the Third Edition:
. . . a ground-breaking text on the subject . . .
‘Introduction: Land Law’ (2010) 22 SAcLJ 1
Professor Kevin Gray, Cambridge University
. . . superb analysis of the in personam [exception] . . . [the section on the in personam exception] ‘should be mandatory for all students, academics and practitioners engaged in this area’ . . . [this book] seeks to establish itself as an authoritative source and in this mission it admirably meets that task. I heartily recommend it, not only to those directly interested in Singapore land law, but to those with an interest in land law generally . . .
Book Review in Australian Property Law Journal
Lynden Griggs, Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania
. . . In my view, no lawyer in practice should be without it. Some may say only conveyancers need to know the hard law it deals with in respect of land law issues. Well, I would venture that it is the uninformed, and the under-prepared litigation lawyer who chooses not to have this book in his arsenal of substantive law! To say the book is of a very high standard is an understatement . . .
Book Review in Law Gazette
Professor Leslie Chew SC, Dean of Singapore University of Social Science School of Law
. . . [The treatment of diverse views of in personam exception] is simply masterful . . . It becomes clear to any reader that this text is not simply a restatement of the law; it has evolved into a mature academic work for all who are looking to analyse and reflect on contentious issues in the land law of Singapore and other Commonwealth jurisdictions . . . This is a seminal work of immense value to students, academics and practitioners of property law alike —within Singapore and beyond . . .
Book Review in Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
Wu Zhuang Hui, Partner, Kobre & Kim
. . . the leading cases are discussed in detail with ample reference to all secondary Singaporean, and other legal literature which bears upon any topic. The editors have been astute to set out the policy arguments in favour of a particular result . . .
Book Review in Australian Bar Review
Associate Professor Lee Aitken, University of Queensland
