Kelvin F.K. Low

The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law

Pokfulam Road

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

China

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1.

Pause the Blockchain Legal Revolution

(2020) 69(1) International & Comparative Law Quarterly 135-175
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2020
Kelvin F.K. Low and Eliza Mik
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Faculty of Law
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blockchain, asset registry, land registry, smart contracts, law reform, technology, fintech

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The Emperor’s New Art: Cryptomania, Art & Property

(2022) 86 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 378
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2022
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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NFTs, cryptoassets, blockchain, copyright, art, digital property

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Bitcoins and Other Cryptocurrencies As Property?

(2017) 9 (2) Law, Innovation and Technology 235 , Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 21/2017
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2017
Kelvin F.K. Low and Ernie G. S. Teo
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and NUS Business School
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intangible property; digital money; bitcoin; cryptocurrencies; distributed ledgers

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The Company and Blockchain Technology

Christian Witting and Martin Petrin (eds), Edward Elgard Handbook on Corporate Liability (Edward Elgar, 2023) 447-466
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low, Edmund Schuster and Wai Yee Wan
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law, London School of Economics - Law School and City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Centre for Chinese & Comparative Law
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blockchain, DLT, disintermediation, accounting, DAO

The Company and Blockchain Technology

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 18/2022
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Kelvin F.K. Low, Edmund Schuster and Wai Yee Wan
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law, London School of Economics - Law School and City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Centre for Chinese & Comparative Law
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blockchain, DLT, disintermediation, accounting, DAO

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Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts: The Missing Right to Forego Enforcement

Richard C Nolan, Kelvin FK Low, and Tang Hang Wu (eds), Trusts and Modern Wealth Management (Cambridge University Press, 2018) 486-509
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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non-charitable purpose trust, charitable purpose trust, powers, offshore trusts, tax avoidance

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Trusts of Cryptoassets

(2020) 34 Trust Law International 191; with minor updates in Richard C Nolan, Man Yip, and Tang Hang Wu (eds), Trusts and Private Wealth Management: Developments and Directions (Cambridge University Press, 2021) 153-177, City University of Hong Kong School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-020
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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trusts; cryptoassets; cryptoasset exchanges; certainty of intention; certainty of subject-matter; insurance; authorised investments; risks

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Bitcoins as Property: Welcome Clarity?

(2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 345
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 25 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2020
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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Bitcoins, Crypto-currencies, Crypto-assets, Intangible Property, Chose in Action, Tertium Quid

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Bunkers in Wonderland: A Tale of How the Growth of Romalpa Clauses Shrank the English Law of Sales

(2018) Journal of Business Law 229
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2018
Kelvin F.K. Low and Kelry Chit Fai Loi
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law
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sale of goods, retention of title, Romalpa, consumer protection

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Fiduciary Duties: The Case for Prescription

(2016) 30 Trust Law International 3-25, Singapore Management University School of Law ResearchPaper No. 6/2017
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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Confronting Cryptomania: Can Equity Tame the Blockchain?

(2020) 14 Journal of Equity 240, City University of Hong Kong School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-014
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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Lost in Transmission: Unilateral Mistakes in Automated Contracts

(2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 563
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2020
Kelvin F.K. Low and Eliza Mik
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Faculty of Law
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Bitcoins, Crypto-currencies, smart contracts, contract automation, unilateral mistake

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Cryptoassets and the Renaissance of the Tertium Quid?

Chris Bevan (ed), Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory (Edward Elgar, 2024) 463-478
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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thing in possession, thing in action, tertium quid, patents, cryptoassets

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Property/Personhood and AI: The Future of Machines

Ernest Lim and Phillip Morgan (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence (Cambridge University Press, 2024) 307-331
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low, Wai Yee Wan and Ying-Chieh Wu
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Centre for Chinese & Comparative Law and Seoul National University (SNU), School of Law
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artificial intelligence, property, personhood, cyborg, accession, data, corporations

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Termination of Contracts in Hong Kong

In Chen-Wishart, Neo, and Vogenauer (eds), Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia: Ending and Changing Performance (OUP, Forthcoming), City University of Hong Kong School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-005
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2020
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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The Case for Cryptoassets as Property

Sinéad Agnew and Sir Marcus Smith (eds), Law at the Cutting Edge (Hart, 2024) 281-299
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Peter G. Watts, Peter G. Watts and Kelvin F.K. Low
University of Auckland - Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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cryptoassets, property, insolvency

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Legal Risks of Owning Cryptocurrencies

Reed Elsevier, Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 1, 1st Edition, 225-247, 2018 , Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 23/2016
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2017
Kelvin F.K. Low and Ernie G. S. Teo
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and NUS Business School
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"Property" as Polyseme & Its Implications for Trust "Property"

Journal of Equity, special issue on "Equitable Property", Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Oct 2024 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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legal property, equitable property, tangible property, intangible property, digital assets, trust

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Private Takings of Land for Urban Redevelopment: A Tale of Two Cities

(2021) 69(2) American Journal of Comparative Law 295-334, City University of Hong Kong Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law Research Paper Series Paper No. 2020/007
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2022
Kelvin F.K. Low, Wai Yee Wan and Alwin Chan
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Centre for Chinese & Comparative Law and University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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private takings, en-bloc sales, collective sales, mergers & acquisitions, urban redevelopment, minority protection, Singapore, Hong Kong

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Quoines in Cryptopia: When (If Ever) are Cryptoasset Exchanges Trustees?

Kelvin F.K. LOW, “Quoines in Cryptopia: When (if ever) are Cryptoasset Exchanges Trustees?” (2020) The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 70, City University of Hong Kong School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2020
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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The Folk-Law Behind Blockchain Narrative Economics

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2024/08, John Flood and Lachlan Robb (eds), Blockchain and Society Handbook (De Gruyter, forthcoming)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 28 Jun 2024 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Kelvin F.K. Low and Megumi Hara
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and Chuo University, Law School
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blockchain, narrative economics, folk-law, property, regulation

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Post-Scam Crypto Recovery: Final Clarity or Deceptive Simplicity?

(2023) 139(Jul) Law Quarterly Review 379–384
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 Mar 2023
Timothy Chan and Kelvin F.K. Low
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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Property, Title, Trusts, Cryptoassets, Digital Assets, Law and Technology

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DeFi Common Sense: Crypto-backed Lending in Janesh s/o Rajkumar v Unknown Person (“CHEFPIERRE”)

(2023) 86(5) Modern Law Review 1278–1293
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Timothy Chan and Kelvin F.K. Low
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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Law, Technology and Innovation, Property law, Commercial law

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Data Objects: New Things or No-Thing More Than Ignis Fatuus

(2025) 17 Law, Innovation and Technology (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2024
Daniel Kiat Boon Seng and Kelvin F.K. Low
Director, Centre for Technology, Robotics, AI and the Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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property law, digital files, virtual objects, tort of conversion

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The Characterisation of Cryptocurrencies in East Asia

Cryptocurrencies in Public and Private Law (edited by David Fox and Sarah Green, OUP, 2019)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2021
Kelvin F.K. Low and Ying-Chieh Wu
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and Seoul National University (SNU), School of Law
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cryptocurrencies, japan, china, south korea, real rights, quasi-real rights

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Crypto Tracing Stumbles at Trial

Forthcoming in the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 13 Jan 2025
Timothy Chan and Kelvin F.K. Low
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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Carbon Credits As EU Like It: Property, Immunity, TragiCO2medy?

Journal of Environmental Law, pp.1-29, 2015 ( doi: 10.1093/jel/eqv020, 2015), Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 52/2015, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2015/022
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2015
Kelvin F.K. Low and Jolene Lin
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law
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carbon credits, property, registry, fraud

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The Value of Fiduciary Duties: Evidence from En Bloc Sales in Singapore

International Review of Law and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2022
Jianfeng Hu, Kelvin F.K. Low and Wei Zhang
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and Singapore Management University
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fiduciary duties, en bloc sale, land assembly, corporate M&A, condominium

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Victoria Meets Confucius in Singapore: Implied Trusts of Residential Property

Forthcoming in Asia-Pacific Trusts Law: Theory and Practice in Context by Hart Publishing.
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Jan 2020
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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resulting trusts, common intention constructive trust, Victorian values, Confucian values, Women's Charter

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Reforming the Singapore Trust: Pushing or Breaking Boundaries?

Ying Khai Liew and Masayuki Tamaruya (eds), Asia-Pacific Trusts Law, Volume 3: Boundaries in Context (Hart Publishing, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Apr 2024
Jeremiah Lau Jia Jun and Kelvin F.K. Low
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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business trusts, trust companies, purpose trusts, law reform, forced heirship, private international law

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Detecting Disruption: Implications for the Law's Classifications

NUS Law Working Paper No. 2024/009, NUS EW Barker Centre for Law & Business Working Paper 24/03, The Cambridge Handbook of the Governance of Technology: Discontent, Disconnect and Disruption, Roger Brownsword and Larry DiMatteo eds., Cambridge University Press 2025, forthcoming, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2024/15
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Oct 2024 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2025
Luh Luh Lan and Kelvin F.K. Low
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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governance of technology, disruption, legal classifications, computer programs, cryptoassets

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Enforcement Puzzles

Mark Bennett, Lusina Ho, Adam Hofri-Winogradow and Richard Nolan (eds), Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 04 Apr 2024
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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private purpose trusts, no contest clauses, right to information, non-beneficiary enforcers, exemption from liability

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Rescuing Uncertain Leases in English Law: A Study in Compatibility for Transplantation

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, p.481, December 2012
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2020
Kelvin F.K. Low and Rachel Leow
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and London School of Economics - Law School
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Reconceptualising Fiduciary Regulation in Actual Conflicts

Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2021
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Aug 2021
Yip Man and Kelvin F.K. Low
Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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equity, fiduciary duty, actual conflicts, informed consent, resignation

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Propertising Contract: Two Kinds of Property and Two Kinds of Transfer

Ho Hock Lai and Kelvin FK Low (eds), A Gentleman of the Law: Essays in Honour of Tan Yock Lin (NUS Press, forthcoming)
Number of pages: 31 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low and Chee Ho Tham
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law
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property, thing in action, transfer, equitable assignment, statutory assignment, in rem right, in personam right

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The User Principle: Rashomon Effect or Much Ado About Nothing?

(2016) 28 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 984, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 18/2017
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 May 2019
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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user principle, damages, compensation, restitution

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Third Thing or Sixth Sense? I See Ideational Objects?

Paul Babie and Mark Giancaspro (eds), "Private Law and Digital Assets" (Springer, forthcoming)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2025
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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property, intangible property, things in action, third things, digital assets

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Book Review: Lye Lin Heng's Landlord and Tenant Law in Singapore (2nd Ed) by Lye Lin Heng, Koh Swee Yen and Elaine Chew

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, Sep 2022, p 494-500
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Jun 2023
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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Book Review: Lye Lin Heng's Landlord and Tenant Law in Singapore

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Apr 2022
Kelvin F.K. Low
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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lease, landlord and tenant, contractualisation, frustration, repudiatory breach