Faculty Profile

• Graduate Diploma in Social Work, National University of Singapore, 2003
• LLM, Cornell University, 1993
• BA (Jurisprudence) (Second Class Upper Honours), Oxford University, 1990
• Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)
• Barrister-at-Law (Gray’s Inn) (England & Wales)
• Attorney and Counselor (New York)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2019-present
• Director, SMU Pro Bono Centre, 2019-present

Honours & Awards

• Friend of the Law Society, Law Society of Singapore, 2016
• Special Recognition Award for sustained contributions to the non-profit sector and to society, President of Singapore, 2014
• Outstanding Volunteer Award, Ministry of Community Development, 1999

Courses Taught in SMU

• Criminal Law
• Family Law

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Criminal Law
• Family Law
• Child Law
• Elder Law

Selected Publications

• Criminal Law in Singapore (Singapore: LexisNexis, 2022) (with Stanley Yeo and Neil Morgan)
• Criminal Law in Sri Lanka (Gurgaon: LexisNexis, 2020) (with Michael Hor, Neil Morgan, Jeeva Niriella and Stanley Yeo)
• Criminal Law in Malaysia and Singapore (3rd Edition) (Singapore: LexisNexis, 2018) (with Stanley Yeo and Neil Morgan)
• Criminal Law in Myanmar (Singapore: LexisNexis, 2016) (with Michael Hor, Mark McBride, Neil Morgan and Stanley Yeo) [republished in Burmese as an ebook in 2023]
• Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code: The Legacies and Modern Challenges of Criminal Law Reform (London: Ashgate, 2011) (with Barry Wright and Stanley Yeo, editors)
• Singapore’s Ageing Population: Managing Healthcare and End of Life Decisions (London: Routledge, 2011) (editor)
• Support for Victims of Crime in Asia (London: Routledge, 2008) (editor)
• "Escape from the Hangman’s Noose? Singapore’s Discretionary Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers" (2023) 24(1) Australian Journal of Asian Law 83 – 94
• "False Promise to Marry and Other Forms of Sex by Deception in India and Singapore" (2022) 34(1) National Law School of India Review 82 – 103
• "Delivering fair, consistent, and reliable sentences for murder in Singapore" (2022) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 290 – 308
• "Holding the Therapeutic State at Bay? Balancing Autonomy and Protection in Singapore’s Vulnerable Adults Act" (2019) 12 Elder Law Review 
• “How Strong is Public Support for the Death Penalty in Singapore?” (2018) 13(2) Asian Journal of Criminology 91 – 107 
• "The Death Penalty in Singapore: in Decline but Still Too Soon for Optimism" (2016) 11(3) Asian Journal of Criminology 179 – 206