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This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher.  \nCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  \nNoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0)  \nThe authors prohibit any entity from using this publication to train AI or develop machine learning language models. The authors reserve all rights to license uses of the book for these purposes.  \nNational Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library Board, Singapore  \nCover image: Photo courtesy of Samuel Ng. © Samuel Ng  \nTypeset by: Ogma Solutions Pvt Ltd  \nPrinted by: Markono Print Media Pte Ltd  \nContents  \nForeword vii  \nEditors’Preface ix  \nList of Contributors xv  \nTable of Cases xvii  \nTable of Legislation xxxiii  \nReminiscences about Tan Yock Lin xli  \nI. EQUITY AND TRUSTS  \n1. Judicial Discretion in Equity: A Singaporean Perspective Goh Yihan  \n2. Dishonesty as the Touchstone of Liability in Procuring or Assisting a Breach of Trust  \nJeremiah Lau, James Penner and Weiming Tan  \n3. Resolving the Tension – Revisiting the Doctrine of Contractual Mistake in Equity  \nAndrew Phang  \nII. PERSONAL PROPERTY  \n4. Ownership, Possession and the Right to Possession of Goods Michael Bridge  \n5. Propertising Contract: Two Kinds of Property and Two Kinds of Transfer  \nKelvin FK Low and CH Tham  \n6. Title Talk  \nWilliam Swadling  \nIII. INTERNATIONAL LAW  \n7. Between Recognition and Non-recognition: Foreign Judgments, Evidence and Arbitration Adrian Briggs  \n8. Changing Structure of the International Law on Jurisdiction Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah  \n3  \n26  \n51  \n75  \n95  \n118  \n137  \n158  \nvi Contents  \n9. Equitable Obligations and Property in Choice of Law Yeo Tiong Min  \nIV. EVIDENCE LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE  \n10. Thoughts on Revitalising the Law of Evidence in Singapore  \nChin Tet Yung  \n11. Revisiting the Constitutionality of Presumptionsin the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973  \nHo Hock Lai  \n12. ‘To Admit or Not to Admit’: That is the Question for AI Evidence  \nDanielSeng Kiat Boon  \nAppendix – Publications by Professor Tan Yock Lin Index  \n179  \n203  \n224  \n247  \n276  \n283  \nForeword  \nThe editors of A Gentleman of the Law rightly describe Tan Yock Lin as an outstanding scholar, one who has had an enduring influence upon the development of Singapore law. Indeed, the breadth of that influence can be seen in the pages of this book. Its contributors, themselves leading academics, canvassa wide variety of topics, ranging from equity to common law, from domestic to international law, from private law to the law of criminal evidence. Without exception, the essays repay close attention. They are a fitting tribute to Yock Lin’s scholarship.  \nAt the same time, this book bears witness also to Yock Lin’s wider academic life. 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