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Faculty Profile

Yong Pung How School of Law YPHSL

Aaron YOONG

Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Law
  • LL.M., Harvard University, 2024
  • LL.B. (Summa Cum Laude), Singapore Management University, 2019
  • Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), 2022

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

  • Assistant Professor, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2024-present

Previous Appointment:

  • Lecturer of Law (FDS), Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2023-Jun 2024
  • Adjunct Faculty, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, 2019–2023

Other Positions

  • Associate, Setia Law LLC, 2023
  • Associate, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, 2022–2023
  • Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Singapore, 2019–2022
  • Deputy Public Prosecutor, Attorney-General’s Chambers, 2019

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

  • The Law of Torts
  • Public International Law
  • Criminal Law

Selected Publications

  • Throwing Stones in Glass Houses: Protecting Privacy Under the Law of Nuisance (2022) 28 Tort Law Rev 143 (with Saw Cheng Lim)
  • Wither Privacy Protection in the Law of Nuisance (2022) 34 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 34, 505 (with Saw Cheng Lim)
  • Back to Basics? Recent Developments in Vicarious Liability in the UK Supreme Court (2021) 28 Tort Law Rev 18 (with Sui Yisiong)
  • Of Principle, Practicality and Precedents: The Presumption of the Arbitration Agreement’s Governing Law, Arbitration International, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 653–665
  • Challenges in the Evolution of the Doctrine of Non-Delegable Duty (2018) 25 Tort Law Rev 143

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