Faculty Profile

• PhD, LLM (Cambridge)
• LL.B., National University of Singapore
• Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)
• Solicitor (England & Wales) (non-practising)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jan 2013 to Present
• Associate Provost (Research Governance), Office of Provost

Previous Appointments:

• Lee Kong Chian Professor, 2023-2024
• Panel Member, Strata Titles Board, 2007-2024
• Director, Special Needs Trust Company, 2008-2023
• Associate Professor of Law, National University of Singapore, 2006-2012
• Assistant Professor of Law, National University of Singapore, 2000-2006
• Legal Associate, Cooma, Lau & Loh, Singapore, 1996-2000
• Pupil, Allen & Gledhill, Singapore, 1995-1996

Other Positions

• Member of Board of Advisors, International Charity Law Network, (2022 – to date)
• Donor Relation Committee, Community Foundation of Singapore, 2016 – to date
• Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2015 to date
• Land Law Part A Course, Singapore Institute of Legal Education, 2015 – to date
• Selection Panel for Singapore Law Reports, Council of Law Reporting, Singapore Academy of Law, 2015 – to date
• Volunteer Assistant Director, Legal Aid Bureau, 2011 – to date
• Co-Editor, Book Series Commercial Law in Asia (Academy Publishing & SMU), 2020 – to date
• Member, Islamic Legacy Planning Committee, Majlis Ugama Islam, 2024 - to date
• Professorial Fellow at the Attorney General's Chambers Academy, 2024 - to date

Courses Taught in SMU

• Property Law
• Principles of the Law of Restitution
• Equity and Trusts

Research Area / Areas of Specialisation

• Property Law
• Equity and Trusts
• Restitution and Unjust Enrichment
• Wealth Management
• Charity and Non-Profit Law

Selected Publications

• 'Broken Kinship: Family Property Disputes and the Common Intention Constructive Trust in Singapore' (2024) 38 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 1.
• 'Not Such Massively Discretionary Trusts: Proper Purposes Doctrine and Protectors as Means of Control' (2024) 35 King's Law Journal 150 (with Yip Man)
• 'Aging and the Law in Singapore and Japan: Adult Guardianship and Other Alternatives' (2023) Journal of Aging and Social Policy (with Yukio Sakurai and Yue-En Chong)
• 'The Islamisation of the English Trust: the Hibah Trust in Malaysia' (2023) Asian Journal of Comparative Law
• Trusts and Private Wealth Management: Developments and Directions (co-edited with R Nolan & M Yip) (Cambridge University Press, 2022).