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Ying Liew

Associate Professor
Law
Trusts
Contracts
Obligations
Remedies
remedies
law
expectation
proprietary estoppel
assignments (law)
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A/Prof

Ying Liew

 
Division
Law
 
Primary Interest
Private Law
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A/Prof

Ying Liew

 

Ying Liew teaches and researches in private law, with a particular focus on the law of trusts, contracts, and remedies. He has published in leading international journals, including the Law Quarterly Review, Cambridge Law Journal, Modern Law Review, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, and Journal of Equity, and in edited collections.

He has presented at various conferences in Australia, UK, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore.Ying is the author of Rationalising Constructive Trusts (Hart Publishing 2017), which advances a structured understanding of the law of constructive trusts. He is also the author of Guest on the Law of Assignment (3rd edition, Sweet & Maxwell 2018). He previously co-authored the second edition with Professor Anthony Guest (Sweet & Maxwell 2015).Ying joined the Melbourne Law School in 2017. He is Associate Director (Private Law) of the Asian Law Centre, and is a member of the Obligations Group. He has formerly held lectureships at King's College London and University College London, as well as visiting positions at the National University of Singapore, the University of Hong Kong, BPP University, and the University of Nottingham. He was also an examiner for the University of London International Programmes. Ying holds an LLB from King’s College London and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. He is an Associate of King’s College (AKC).Among Ying’s ongoing projects is a doctrinal study of the different ways in which Anglo-Australian law influences the development of trusts law in Asian-Pacific jurisdictions.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 22 most recent scholarly works by Ying Liew.

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Constructive Trusts in Sri Lanka: A Model for an Expansive Approach

Ying Liew

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Journal of Asian Law

The formal source of trusts law in Sri Lanka is the 1917 Trusts Ordinance. This was based on English law, being introduced during ..

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The Singaporean Court of Appeal on Proprietary Estoppel Remedies

Ying Liew

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Law Quarterly Review

Case note on Low v Low [2018] SGCA 48 (Court of Appeal, Singapore)

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Birmingham v Renfrew (1937): The Foundations of the Mutual Wills Doctrine

Ying Liew

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Beneficiaries’ Consent to Trustees’ Unauthorised Acts

Ying Liew, C Mitchell

Book Chapter  |  2018

Trustees are not liable for breach of trust to a sui juris and fully informed beneficiary who has consented to the breach. Moreove..

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Guest on the Law of Assignment

YK Liew

Book  |  2018

Positioned within contract law, this work deals with the assignment of things in action – debts, contractual rights, etc. It deals..

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Proving a Donatio Mortis Causa

Y Liew

Journal article  |  2018  |  Retirement & Estate Planning Bulletin

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'Sham Trusts' and Ascertaining Intentions to Create A Trust

Ying Liew

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Equity

According to received wisdom, ‘sham trusts’ is a doctrine which provides an exception to the normal objective process of ascertain..

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The Creation of Express Trusts

Y Liew, C Mitchell

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Equity

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Rationalising Constructive Trusts

Y LIEW

Book  |  2017

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REANALYSING INSTITUTIONAL AND REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS

Ying Khai Liew

Journal article  |  2016  |  Cambridge Law Journal

AbstractIt is often said that English law does not impose “remedial” constructive trusts because it is manifestly inappropriate an..

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Explaining the Mutual Wills Doctrine

Y Liew

Book Chapter  |  2016

This book aims to reinvigorate the English debate. It brings together contributions by leading academics and practitioners engagin..

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The Ambit of the Mutual Wills Doctrine

Y Liew

Journal article  |  2016  |  Law Quarterly Review

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Guest on the Law of Assignment

AG Guest, YK Liew

Book  |  2015

A practical guide for the non-contentious commercial lawyer, this book provides a "cradle to grave" view of transactions relating ..

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The Secondary-rights Approach to the “Common Intention Constructive Trust"

Ying Liew

Journal article  |  2015  |  Conveyancer and Property Lawyer

It is a well-worn criticism that the English law of constructive trusts in the context of family homes purchased otherwise than by..

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The Wider Ambit of the Quistclose Doctrine

Ying Liew

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Equity

The Quistclose doctrine has largely been applied conservatively in English law. On a proper analysis, however, it has a wider basi..

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The Rule in Wilkinson v Downton: Conduct, Intention, and Justifiability

Ying Liew

Journal article  |  2015  |  Modern Law Review

The decision in OPO v MLA [2014] EWCA Civ 1277 causes confusion to the rule in Wilkinson v Downton. A strong line of authorities i..

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The Quistclose Doctrine: Resurrection of the Primary Trust?

YK Liew, WT Low

Journal article  |  2014  |  King's Law Journal

It is not uncommon for trusts cases decided in Commonwealth jurisdictions to affect the general development of the law of trusts. ..

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Rochefoucauld v Boustead (1897)

Y Liew

Book Chapter  |  2012

Landmark Cases in Equity continues the series of essay collections which began with Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (2006..

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Carl Schmitt’s Sovereign: A Critique

Y Liew

Journal article  |  2012  |  Ratio Juris

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Constructive and Resulting Trusts

Y Liew

Journal article  |  2010  |  Trust Law International

Book Review of C Mitchell (ed), Constructive and Resulting Trusts (Hart Publishing 2010)

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Parker and Mellows: The Modern Law of Trusts

Y Liew

Journal article  |  2009  |  Trust Law International

Book review of T Oakley, Parker and Mellows: The Modern Law of Trusts (9th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2008)

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The ‘Prima Facie Expectation Relief’ Approach in the Australian Law of Proprietary Estoppel

Ying Khai Liew

Journal article  |  Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

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Should we trust in trusts during COVID-19?

Ying Liew

May 20, 2020

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2016

Obtained funding from the SLS Research Activities Fund 2016 to assist in the completion of monograph, Rationalising Constructive Trusts.

Society of Legal Scholars
2015

Excellence Awards for Legal Teaching, UCL.

University College London
2012

Teaching Excellence Award, KCL.

King's College London
2008

Associateship of King’s College (AKC)

King's College London

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor

Law

Education

PhD in Law

University of Nottingham

LLB Laws

King's College London

Associateship of King's College

King's College London

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