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Dr Chee Ho Tham

Dr Chee Ho Tham is Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University.

chtham@smu.edu.sg

Articles by author

Burdening assignees with arbitration agreements via “conditional benefits”

In this article, the author compares two concepts that seek to explain why an assignee of a chose in action may be burdened by an arbitration agreement to which it is not privy. He posits that, of the “conditional benefits” concept and the “subject to equities” principle, the latter provides the better explanation.

1 APR 2022

Assignment (or novation) of indemnity policies?

In this article Dr Chee Ho Tham suggests that terminological confusion has arisen over the use of the phrase “assignment” in connection with policies of non-marine indemnity insurance, where the “assignment” is made before the occurrence of the insured event which causes loss or damage to the subject-matter of the policy. An “assignment” of the contract of insurance entails a novation and should be referred to as such.

1 DEC 2023