Singapore on Trusts

I looked at the risks to which settlors of trusts in Singapore can be exposed if they take advantage of Section 90(5) of the Trustees Act to reserve for themselves "any or all powers of investment or asset management functions".

The recent judgment in Mustaq Ahmad v Providentia Wealth Management Ltd and others [2023] SGHCF 52 (Mustaq), the novel issue of whether a beneficiary of a trust has any right to disclosure of communications.

In Lau Sheng Jan Alistair v Lau Cheok Joo Richard and Sng Gek Hong Cynthia [2023] SGHC 196, the applicant, the sole beneficiary of an irrevocable trust created by his parents over landed property, ...