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Property in Wild Animals: Borwick Development Solutions Ltd v Clear Water Fisheries Ltd’

1-12-20 / Benjamin Teng — Appellate, Land Law & Property

Benjamin Teng authored this case note published in the Australian Property Law Journal concerning the decision of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Borwick Development Solutions Ltd v Clear Water Fisheries Ltd, which examined the issue of who, if anyone, owned the fish in the Borwick Lakes.…

Elucidating Myer Emporium and Characterising Isolated Transactions: Greig v Federal Commissioner of Taxation

1-6-20 / Benjamin Teng — Appellate, Tax

Benjamin Teng authored this article published in the Australian Tax Review concerning the Federal Court’s decision in Greig v Commissioner of Taxation to classify a loss made after a senior executive of a company bought shares with the intention of selling them for a profit as a ‘business operation or…

A “Curious Order” and the Inherent Power to Order Stays Pending Arbitration: Rex International Holding Ltd v Gulf Hibiscus Ltd

1-1-20 / Benjamin Teng — Arbitration

Benjamin Teng co-authored this case note published in the Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal with Hannah Williams. It concerns the decision of the Court of Appeal of Singapore in Rex International Holding Ltd v Gulf Hibiscus Ltd to reverse the imposition of a stay pending the resolution of related arbitrations. This…

The End of the Chorley Exception in Australia: Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow

1-12-19 / Benjamin Teng — Appellate

Benjamin Teng authored this case note published in the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice concerning the decision of the High Court of Australia in Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd v Pentelow to renounce the ‘Chorley exception’, which allowed successful self-represented litigants who were also solicitors to claim costs. This note…

Historical Customary International law and Self-Determination in the Colonial Context: Chagos Archipelago Advisory Opinion

1-1-19 / Benjamin Teng — International

Benjamin Teng co-authored this article published in the Australian International Law Journal with Angus Fraser. It analyses the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, published on 25 February 2019, on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965.

Publications — Benjamin Teng