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Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore V 15 Partnership and Agency, Probate, Administration and Succession (Jan 2026)
Halsbury's Laws of Singapore Volume 15 offers an authoritative resource on Partnership and Agency, and Probate, Succession, and Administration. This volume is essential for legal professionals, law students, academics, government officials, corporate legal departments, business owners, estate planners, and executors. It provides comprehensive explanations, case law, and references crucial for understanding and applying these areas of law in Singapore.
Publisher: LexisNexis Singapore
The section on Partnership and Agency focuses on the Partnership Act 1890, featuring new legislative updates and notable cases such as Alternative Advisors Investments Pte Ltd v Asidokona Mining Resources Pte Ltd and anor [2024] 1 SLR 188, and The Maersk Katalin [2024] SGHC 282. The section on Probate, Succession, and Administration covers the Probate and Administration Act 1934, Trustees Act 1967, and Wills Act 1838, including the latest Family Justice (Probate and Other Matters) Rules 2024. It highlights recent cases like Chern Chye Keow and anor v Roger Peter Ponniah [2025] SGHCR 19, and Law Ah Oi v Wong Chee Yuen [2025] SGDC 103. This volume is indispensable for those navigating partnership agreements, agency relationships, succession planning, and estate administration.
PARTNERSHIP AND AGENCY
I. PARTNERSHIP
1. Introduction
2. Nature of Partnership
3. Formation and Duration
4. Relation of Partners to Outsiders
5. Relations among Partners
6. Property
7. Dissolution of Partnership
8. Winding-Up Partnership Affairs
II. AGENCY
1. Nature and Formation
2. Authority of the Agent
3. Delegation
4. Ratification
5. Relations between Principal and Agent
6. Relations between Principal and Third Persons
7. Relations between Agent and Third Persons
8. Termination of Agency
PROBATE, ADMINISTRATION AND SUCCESSION
I. PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION
1. Probate and Administration Practice
2. Contentious and Non-contentious Probate
3. Forms or Grants in Testacy and Intestacy
4. Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators
5. Administration of Assets of a Deceased
6. Liabilities of Executors and Administrators
7. Foreign Grants
II. SUCCESSION
1. Testamentary Succession: Wills
2. Intestate Succession
3. Family Provision