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Faculty Profile

Yong Pung How School of Law YPHSL

LAU Kwan Ho

Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Law
  • LL.M., New York University, 2012
  • LL.B. (First Class Honours), National University of Singapore, 2012
  • Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

  • Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2018 to Present

Previous Appointment:

  • Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University, Jan 2021 to Jun 2024

Other Positions

  • Senate Member, Singapore Management University, 2022 to Present
  • Professorial Fellow, AGC-Legal Service Academy, 2022 to Present
  • Senior Associate (2016-2018), Associate (2014-2015), Allen & Gledhill LLP
  • Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Singapore, 2012-2014
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law, 2012 to Present

Honours & Awards

  • Postgraduate Teaching Award, 2024
  • University Most Promising Teacher Award, 2022
  • Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, 2021, 2022 and 2023
  • DS Lee Foundation Fellowship, 2020
  • Top LGST Teacher Award, 2020
  • Most Promising Teacher Award, 2019

Courses Taught in SMU

  • Law of Contract
  • Business Law
  • Corporate Law

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

  • Contract Law
  • Legal Profession
  • Private Law

Selected Publications

  • "A Call for Clarity in Contractual Accessions to Shareholder and Partnership Agreements" (2024) Legal Studies (link)
  • "Recovering Cost of Cure Damages: The Necessity of Showing an Intention to Cure” (2024) 140 Law Quarterly Review 342-346
  • "Novation and Advance Consent" (2022) 81 Cambridge Law Journal 581-609 (link)
  • "No Oral Modification Clauses: Autonomy, Certainty or Presumption?" (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 443-446
  • “Negligence and the Unfair Contract Terms Act: Experiences in Hong Kong and Singapore Compared” [2021] Journal of Business Law 596-624
  • “Precedent Within the High Court” (2020) 40 Legal Studies 397-418
  • “Contractual Estoppel and the Fork in the Road” [2019] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 334–343
  • “Taking Bills of Exchange into Arbitration” (2018) 134 Law Quarterly Review 548–552
  • “Injunctive Relief: But Let’s Agree Not to Have It?” (2016) 79 Modern Law Review 468–476