Singapore Private International Law Commercial Issues and Practice

There has been significant reform in Singapore private international law in recent years. Developments such as the establishment of the Singapore International Commercial Court, the incorporation of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements into Singapore law, and the enactment of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, have all thrown the country into a period of rapid growth.

Singapore Private International Law: Commercial Issues and Practice provides a roadmap to assist readers in navigating this changing landscape. In it, Chong and Yip offer an overview of Singapore's legal system, exploring how governmental and judicial efforts have capitalised on Singapore's location at the heart of Asia, its status as a leading financial centre globally, and its modern infrastructure, to make it the hub of choice for cross-border disputes and insolvency and restructuring efforts. Practical guidance is given to matters such as changes to jurisdiction, protective measures, the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, general choice of law issues, and issues specific to contract, tort, unjust enrichment, equitable obligations, trusts, property, corporations, and international insolvency and corporate restructuring. The book also looks at how the English common law principles have been implemented and developed in Singapore, with relevant cases, legislation, and foreign sources used to offer a comparative perspective.

Adeline Chong, Associate Professor, Singapore Management University,Yip Man, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University

Adeline Chong joined Singapore Management University's Yong Pung How School of Law in 2007. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals and is the co-author of Hill and Chong, International Commercial Disputes: Commercial Conflict of Laws in English Courts (Hart, 4th edn, 2010). She is the Project Lead of the Asian Business Law Institute's project on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Asia. Her work has been cited by various courts, including the Singapore, Hong Kong, New South Wales and New Zealand Court of Appeals, the UK Law Commission and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

Man Yip joined Singapore Management University's Yong Pung How School of Law in 2010. Her principal research interests are in private law (with a focus on equity & trusts and remedies), private international law, and international commercial courts. She has published widely in leading international peer-reviewed journals. She is the co-General Rapporteur for a project commissioned by the International Academy of Comparative Law entitled "New specialised commercial courts and their role in cross-border litigation". Her work has been cited in leading treatises and by the Singapore Court of Appeal, the Singapore High Court, the Singapore District Court and the High Court of England and Wales.