Faculty Profile

• LLB, National University of Singapore (First Class Honours), 1982
• LLM, Harvard Law School, 1984
• SJD, Harvard Law School, 1988
• Senior Counsel
• Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Distinguished Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jan 2023 -

Other Positions 

• Senior Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore, 2023 - present

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Contract Law
• Tort Law
• Law of Unjust Enrichment
• Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy

Current Projects

• Theories of Adjudication
• The Social, Political and Legal Theory of Roberto Mangabeira Unger
• On the Practical Uses of Theory – The Distinction Between the Descriptive and the Normative

Selected Publications 

• "The Importance of Theory and History in Understanding and Developing the Common Law of Contract – Some Further Preliminary Reflections" (forthcoming in the Singapore Law Journal).
• "Negotiating A Brave New World: Fraud and Risk in Modern Commercial Law" in Chapter 1 of Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law by Paul S Davies and Hans Tjio (Gen Eds) (Hart Publishing, 2024).
• General Editor and Contributor, Pioneer, Polymath and Mentor – The Life and Legacy of Yong Pung How (Academy Publishing, Singapore, 2024).
• "The Importance of Comparative Common Law – A View from Singapore" [2023] Journal of Business Law 538.
• "The Importance of Theory and History in Understanding and Developing the Common Law of Contract – Some Preliminary Reflections" (2023) 1 Contract and Commercial Law Review 67.
• "Review Article: On Beauty, Scholarship, and Function – The Lessons from, and Importance of, Legal History in the Development of the Law of Marine Insurance" [2023] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 420.
• "Professor Tan Yock Lin – A Personal Remembrance" (2022-2023) 40 Singapore Law Review 25.
• The Law of Contract in Singapore (2nd Ed, Academy Publishing, 2022) (Editor and Contributor)
• "Recent Developments in Singapore Contract Law" [2020] Journal of the Malaysian Judiciary Special Edition 100
• "Giants of Contract Law – Some Personal Reflections" (2022) 2 Singapore Law Journal 1
• "Penalty Clauses and Restraint of Trade – A View from Singapore" [2022] Journal of Business Law 209
• Contract Law in Singapore (2nd Ed, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2021) (with Goh Yihan)