Faculty Profile

• PhD, King's College London, 1991
• LL.M., University of London, 1987
• LL.B., National University of Singapore, 1982
• Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), 1983

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 1998–Present
• Special Advisor to Dean, School of Law, 2020-Present

Previous Appointments:

• Director, LLM Programme, Apr 2010-Jul 2013
• Deputy Dean, School of Law, Singapore Management University, August-November 2007
• Interim Dean, School of Law, Singapore Management University, 2006-July 2007
• Chair, Department of Law, Singapore Management University, 2005–2006
• Deputy Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 1999-2002
• Singapore Management University start-up team, 1998–2000
• Head, Division of Business Law (1993–1998), Senior Lecturer (1993–1998), Lecturer (1990–1992), Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Business School
• Senior Tutor, National University of Singapore (and later, NTU), 1984–1989

Other Positions

• Member, Steering Committee on Strategic Directions, Singapore Academy of Law, August 2007-Present
• Member, Staff Committee B, Singapore Academy of Law, 2007-Present
• Member, International Promotion of Singapore Law Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2006-Present
• Board of Trustees Ad-hoc Committee on Corporate Governance, 2006-Present
• Member, Committee on Legal Education & Studies, Singapore Academy of Law, 2005-Present
• Disciplinary Appellate Officer, Singapore Management University, 2003–Present
• Chair, Law School Task Force, Sept 2005-2007
• Chairman, Organising Committee, Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition, 2001–2004
• Business School Dean Search Committee, Singapore Management University, 2002–2003
• Faculty Senate Task Force, Singapore Management University, 2001–2003
• Legal manager, Freshfields, Singapore office, 1983–1984

Editorial Activities

• Editorial Board, Singapore Accountant

Courses Taught in SMU

• Law of Torts
• Business Law
• Financial Advisers Law
• Legal Environment of Business

Selected Consulting Activities

• Assessor, ACCA, 2006-Present
• Examiner, ACCA, 1991–2005
• Executive training for organizations and companies (including SMU)
• Provision of legal opinions

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Law of Guarantees
• Law of Torts
• Law affecting Financial Advisors
• Corporate Law

Current Project

• Writing a book on How to Understand Complex Law

Selected Publications

• 洞悉法门：理清法律的头绪, Chinese translation of A Clear View of the Law: Making Sense of Legal Complexity, translated by Zhang Wei, Shaun Wong, Ling Jiabao (China Legal Publishing House, Dec 2022)
• A Clear View of the Law: Making Sense of Legal Complexity, (Candid Creation, Mar 2021)
• The Law of Guarantees in Singapore & Malaysia (LexisNexis Butterworths, Second Edition, 2003) lv + 424 pp.
• The Executive’s Guide to Business & the Law, 2^nd ed (Prentice Hall, 2002) (with B Tabalujan).
• "Scope of Duty, Counterfactual Analysis and Birth Defects: the Challenging Case of Khan v Meadows", Singapore Law Gazette, December 2021 (with Jordan Kow)
• "Liability of Maker Towards Subject of Negligent Statement: Tan Woo Thian v Pricewaterhouse Coopers", Singapore Law Gazette, July 2021 (with Sheena Heng)
• "Recalibrating a Doctor’s Duty to Advise: s 37 Civil Law Act", Singapore Law Gazette, November 2020
• "A Pause in the Expansion of Vicarious Liability", Singapore Law Gazette, July 2020 (with Lai Siang Ping)
• "Standard of Care and Indeterminacy in Medical Negligence: Noor Azlin v CGH", Singapore Law Gazette, October 2019 (with Aaron Lim)
• "Doctor’s Duty of Disclosure and the Singapore Court of Appeal decision in Hii Chii Kok: Montgomery Transformed", Tort Law Review, Vol 25/2, 2017, 79-91
• "Vicarious liability, Non-delegable Duty and the Ng Huat Seng Decision", Singapore Law Gazette, December 2017, 21-28
• "Non-delegable Duty after Tiong Aik", Singapore Law Gazette, November 2017, 23-28 (with Ian Mah)
• "The Balanced Scorecard Framework for Financial Advisers: A Pandora’s Box?", Singapore Law Gazette, May 2016