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Ong Chai Soon v Ong Chai Koon and others

[2022] SGCA 36

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore

Year2022

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Section 51(10) of the Housing and Development Act (now s 58(11) of the 2020 HDA) bars only ineligible persons from acquiring a beneficial interest in HDB property via a resulting or constructive trust ('Eligibility Interpretation'); it does not extinguish all trust interests.

Area of Law

Land & Property

Related Cases

Lim Chin San Contractors Pte Ltd v Shiok Kim Seng [2013] SGCA 6; [2013] 2 SLR 279 (candidate report [2013] 2 SLR 689 was wrong on the page number; the Court of Appeal decision is reported at [2013] 2 SLR 279, as cited in [2017] SGHC 200 and multiple academic sources)

United Overseas Bank Ltd v Bebe bte Mohammad [2006] SGCA 30; [2006] 4 SLR(R) 884

TSM Development Pte Ltd v Leonard Stephanie Celine nee Pereira [2005] SGCA 41; [2005] 4 SLR(R) 721

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