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GOH Yihan (吴亦涵)
Dean, School of Law
Singapore Management University
LL.B. (Hons)(NUS); LL.M. (Harvard)
Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)
yihangoh@smu.edu.sg
CAPSULE BIOGRAPHY:
Associate Professor Goh Yihan is the Dean of the School of Law, Singapore Management
University. His research focuses primarily on the law of contract and torts, with a secondary
interest in the principles of statutory interpretation and the legal process. He maintains a deep
interest in the development of Singapore law in general and also in his areas of specialisation
in particular. He has published numerous books, chapters and journal articles internationally
and in Singapore, which have been cited on multiple occasions by the Singapore courts and
the Federal Court of Malaysia. In recognition of his invaluable contributions to the
development and advancement of Singapore law, he became the youngest recipient of the
pentennial Singapore Academy of Law Singapore Law Merit Award in 2013.
Apart from his academic activities, Yihan is also active in the Singapore legal profession.
Amongst his appointments, he is a board member of the Singapore Institute of Legal
Education and the Singapore Judicial College. He has been appointed amicus curiae before
the Singapore Court of Appeal and the Singapore High Court. He is also a Visiting Academic
at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP and a Professorial Fellow at the AGC Academy. He is
periodically consulted by law firms in his areas of expertise, and has appeared before the
Court of Appeal as instructed counsel. He has also acted as an expert witness on Singapore
law in the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia).
Before entering academia, Yihan was an Assistant Registrar, the first-ever Senior Justices’
Law Clerk and a Justices’ Law Clerk between 2006 and 2008 at the Singapore Supreme Court.
He obtained his LL.B. (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore on a
University Undergraduate Scholarship, where he graduated as the top student in 2006. He
subsequently obtained a LL.M. from Harvard University in 2010 on a NUS University
Overseas Graduate Scholarship. He was the recipient of several academic awards in the
course of his studies, including the Adrian Clark Memorial Medal, the Lee Kuan Yew Gold
Medal and the B.A. Mallal Moot Prize (Best Oralist and Best Memorial).
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CAREER:
ACADEMIC CAREER
2017 – Dean, School of Law, Singapore Management University
(SMU)
2018 – Initial Director, Centre for AI and Data Governance, School of
Law, Singapore Management University (SMU)
2016 – 2017 Associate Dean (Research), School of Law, Singapore
Management University (SMU)
2014 – Associate Professor, School of Law, Singapore Management
University (SMU)
2011 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of
Singapore (NUS)
2008 – 2010 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law, National University of
Singapore (NUS)
PRE-ACADEMIC CAREER
2008 Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court of Singapore
2008 Senior Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Singapore
2006 – 2008 Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Singapore
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2017 – Vice-President, Singapore Academy of Law Senate (by virtue
of appointment as Dean of a Singapore law school)
2017 Amicus Curiae, Singapore Court of Appeal
2016 Amicus Curiae, Singapore Court of Appeal
2016 – Professorial Fellow, AGC Academy, Attorney-General’s
Chambers
2015 – Course Coordinator, Singapore Legal System (Part A Course),
Singapore Institute of Legal Education
2015 Amicus Curiae, Singapore Court of Appeal
2015 – Member, Board of Governors, Singapore Judicial College
2014 – Member, Board of Directors, Singapore Institute of Legal
Education
2012 Amicus Curiae, Singapore Court of Appeal
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2011– Visiting Academic, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
2010 Young Amicus Curiae, Singapore High Court
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
2018 Member, Singapore Academy of Law Innovation Advisory
Board
2018 Member, Steering Committee on the Promotion of Singapore
Law
2017 Member, Singapore Corporate Counsel Association Standards
Council
2017 – Member, Singapore Academy of Law Annual Lecture Sub-
Committee
2017 – Member, Commissioning Panel, Singapore Academy of Law
2016 – Member, Examinations Review Board for 2015 Session of the
Foreign Practitioner Examinations, Singapore Institute of Legal
Education
2016 Member, Working Party to Review the Practice Training
Framework in Singapore, Singapore Institute of Legal
Education
2016–2018 Member, Legal Education Cluster Committee, Singapore
Academy of Law
2015 – Member, Selection Panel, Council of Law Reporting
2015 Member, Study Committee on Professional Standards and
Etiquette in Court, Singapore Academy of Law
2014 – Member, SAL Legal Heritage Committee
2014 – Member, SAL Professional Affairs Committee
2014 Member, Singapore Legal Futures Working Group, Ministry of
Law
2012 – Member, Singapore Law Watch Advisory Committee
2014 – Member, Singapore Law Review Board of Advisors
2011 – Member, SAL Promotion of Singapore Law Committee
2012 – 2013 Member, NUS Faculty of Law Curriculum Review Committee
2012 – 2013 Member, NUS Faculty of Law Faculty Admissions Committee
2012 Member, Fourth Committee on the Supply of Lawyers
2011 Member, Supreme Court Strategic Brainstorming Exercise
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2007 Secretariat, Committee to Develop the Singapore Legal Sector
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
2016 – Co-General Editor, Singapore Academy of Law Annual
Review of Singapore Cases
2014 – Co-Editor, SingaporeLawBlog.Sg
2011 Joint Editor-in-Chief, SingaporeLaw.Org
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
2017 Academy Publishing Award
2015 JCI Top 10 Outstanding Young Persons Award (in the category
of Political, Legal and/or Governmental Affairs)
2013 Singapore Academy of Law Singapore Law Merit Award
2013 Singapore Academy of Law Overseas Attachment Award (3-
month attachment at Essex Court Chambers in London)
TEACHING AWARDS
2017 SMU School of Law Annual Teaching Excellence Award
2016 SMU University Most Innovative Teaching Award (Nominated)
2016 SMU School of Law Most Outstanding Teacher Award
2015 SMU School of Law Most Promising Teacher Award
2014 NUS University Annual Teaching Excellence Award
2014 NUS Faculty of Law Annual Teaching Excellence Award
2012 NUS Faculty of Law Annual Teaching Excellence Award
2010 NUS Faculty of Law Annual Teaching Excellence Award
ACADEMIC AWARDS
2009 NUS University Overseas Graduate Scholarship
2006 Order of Merit, Singapore Practical Law Course (Bar Exam)
2006 Valedictorian (Rank 1st of 204), Faculty of Law, National
University of Singapore
2006 Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal (Best Graduate)
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2006 Adrian Clark Memorial Medal (Best Graduate)
2006 Leow Chia Heng Prize (Best Graduate)
2004 Law Society of Singapore Book Prize (Best Student, 2nd Year)
2004 Shook Lin & Bok Prize (Best Student, 2nd Year)
2004 B.A. Mallal Moot Prize (Best Oralist)
2004 B.A. Mallal Moot Best Memorial Prize
2003 NUS Undergraduate Scholarship
EDUCATION:
2010 LL.M. (Harvard)
2006 LL.B. (Hons)(NUS) (First Class)
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
I. Books and Monographs
Authored
1. The Interpretation of Contracts in Singapore (Singapore, Thomson Reuters, 2018)
2. International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Property and Trust Law, Singapore (The
Netherlands, Kluwer Law International, 2018) (with Alvin See W-L and Yip Man)
3. Singapore Chronicles: Law (Singapore, Institute of Policy Studies-Straits Times
Press, 2015)
4. Contract Law in Singapore (The Netherlands, Wolters Kluwer Law and Business,
2012) (748 pp) (with Andrew Phang Boon Leong) (originally published as a
monograph in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws)
Edited
1. Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases 2017 (Singapore,
Academy Press, 2018) (co-edited with Teo Keang Sood)
2. A Judge for the Ages – Essays in Honour of Justice Chao Hick Tin (Singapore,
Academy Press, 2017) (co-edited with Andrew Phang Boon Leong)
3. Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases 2016 (Singapore,
Academy Press, 2017) (co-edited with Teo Keang Sood)
4. Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases 2015 (Singapore,
Academy Press, 2016) (co-edited with Teo Keang Sood)
5. Singapore Academy of Law Journal Special Issue: Evolving Personal Torts
(Singapore, Academy Press, 2015) (co-edited with Christian Witting)
6. Singapore Law: 50 Years in the Making (Singapore, Academy Publishing, 2015) (co-
edited with Paul Tan)
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Chapters in Books
Contract Law
1. “The Interpretation and Implication of Contractual Terms in Singapore” in Mindy
Chen-Wishart and Stefan Vogenauer, eds, Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia:
Contractual Terms (forthcoming, Oxford University Press, 2017)
2. “Chapter 6: Privity” in Michael Furmston, ed, The Law of Contract, 6th ed (London,
Butterworths, 2017) (with Michael Furmston and Greg Tolhurst)
3. “Justice Chao Hick Tin and Singapore Contract Law – Certainty in Elucidation and
Innovation in Development” in Andrew Phang and Goh Yihan, eds, A Judge for the
Ages – Essays in Honour of Justice Chao Hick Tin (Singapore, Academy Press, 2017)
4. “Encounters with History, Theory and Doctrine – Some Reflections on Discharge by
Breach of Contract” in Simone Degeling, James Edelman and James Goudkamp, eds,
Contracts in Commercial Law (Thomson Reuters, 2017) (with Andrew Phang Boon
Leong)
5. “Chapter 6: Privity” in Michael Furmston, ed, The Law of Contract, 5th ed (London,
Butterworths, 2015) (with Michael Furmston and Greg Tolhurst)
6. “Chapter 2: Sources and Theory” in Andrew Phang Boon Leong, ed, The Law of
Contract in Singapore (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2012) (with Andrew Phang
Boon Leong)
7. “Chapter 3: Offer and Acceptance” in Andrew Phang Boon Leong, ed, The Law of
Contract in Singapore (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2012) (with Andrew Phang
Boon Leong)
8. “Chapter 8: Unenforceable Contracts – Non-compliance with Statutory Formalities”
in Andrew Phang Boon Leong, ed, The Law of Contract in Singapore (Singapore:
Academy Publishing, 2012) (with Tham Chee Ho)
9. “Chapter 10: Mistake” in Andrew Phang Boon Leong, ed, The Law of Contract in
Singapore (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2012) (with Andrew Phang Boon Leong)
10. “Chapter 12: Duress, Undue Influence and Unconscionable Bargains” in Andrew
Phang Boon Leong, ed, The Law of Contract in Singapore (Singapore: Academy
Publishing, 2012) (with Andrew Phang Boon Leong)
Contract Law (Case Reviews)
11. “Contract Law” in Goh Yihan & Teo Keang Sood, eds, Singapore Academy of Law
Annual Review of Singapore Cases 2017 (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2018)
(with Lee Pey Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
12. “Contract Law” in Goh Yihan & Teo Keang Sood, eds, Singapore Academy of Law
Annual Review of Singapore Cases 2016 (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2017)
(with Lee Pey Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
13. “Contract Law” in Goh Yihan & Teo Keang Sood, eds, Singapore Academy of Law
Annual Review of Singapore Cases 2015 (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2016)
(with Lee Pey Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
14. “Contract Law” in Teo Keang Sood, ed, Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review
of Singapore Cases 2014 (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2015) (with Lee Pey
Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
15. “Contract Law” in Teo Keang Sood, ed, Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review
of Singapore Cases 2013 (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2014) (with Lee Pey
Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
16. “Contract Law” in Teo Keang Sood, ed, Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review
of Singapore Cases 2012 (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2013) (with Lee Pey
Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
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17. “Contract Law” in Teo Keang Sood, ed, Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review
of Singapore Cases 2011 (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2012) (with Lee Pey
Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
Torts Law
18. “Evolving Personal Torts: An Introduction” in Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Special Issue: Evolving Personal Torts (Singapore, Academy Press, 2015) (with
Christian Witting)
19. “Chapter 11: Tort Law” in Singapore Law: 50 Years in the Making (Singapore,
Academy Press)
Legal Processes
20. “The Interpretation of the Singapore Constitution: Towards a Unified Approach to
Interpreting Legal Documents” in Jaclyn L Neo, ed, Constitutional Interpretation in
Singapore: Theory and Practice (Routledge Law in Asia, 2016)
21. “Chapter 12: Statutory Interpretation” in Gary Chan and Jack Lee, eds, The Legal
System of Singapore: Institutions, Principles and Practices (Singapore, LexisNexis,
2016)
Singapore Legal System
22. “A Conscious Effort to Develop a ‘Different’ Common Law of Obligations: A
Possible Endeavour?” in Andrew Robertson and Michael Tilbury, eds, The Common
Law of Obligations: Divergence and Unity (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2016)
23. “Chapter 1: Empirical Study of the Development of Singapore Law” in Singapore
Law: 50 Years in the Making (Singapore, Academy Publishing, 2015) (with Paul Tan)
24. “Chapter 3: The Growth of Local Jurisprudence” in Singapore Law: 50 Years in the
Making (Singapore, Academy Publishing, 2015) (with Paul Tan)
25. “Chapter 15: The Next Leap Forward: The Spread of Singapore Law” in Singapore
Law: 50 Years in the Making (Singapore, Academy Publishing, 2015) (with Paul Tan)
26. “Chapter 1: History of the Singapore Legal System” in Gary Chan and Jack Lee, eds,
The Legal System of Singapore: Institutions, Principles and Practices (Singapore,
LexisNexis, 2016)
Others
27. “Navigating the Maze: Making Sense of Equitable Compensation and Account of
Profits for Breach of Fiduciary Duty” in Elise Bant, ed, Singapore Academy of Law
Journal Special Issue: Remedies (Singapore, Academy Press, 2016) (with Yip Man)
II. Law Journal Publications
Contract Law
1. “Contract Law in Commonwealth Countries – Uniformity or Divergence” (2019) 30
Singapore Academy of Law Journal (published on e-First on 16 March 2019) (with
Andrew Phang Boon Leong)
2. “A Statistical Analysis of the Influence of the Journal of Contract Law in
Commonwealth Court Decisions” (2018) 35 Journal of Contract Law 14–55 (as a
conference proceeding) (with Andrew Phang Boon Leong)
3. “Pioneering Scholar and Practitioner – The Life and Work of Professor J W Carter”
(2017) 34 Journal of Contract Law 100–138 (with Andrew Phang Boon Leong)
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4. “Towards a Consistent Use of Subsequent Conduct in Singapore Contract Law”
[2017] Journal of Business Law 387–412
5. “Convergence between Australian common law and English common law: the rule
against penalties in the age of freedom of contract” (2017) 46 Common Law World
Review 61–68 (with Yip Man)
6. “The English Reformulation of the Penalty Rule: Relevance in Singapore?” (2017) 29
Singapore Academy of Law Journal 257–274 (with Yip Man)
7. “A Renewed Consideration of Consideration: MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v
Rock Advertising Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 553” (2016) 16 Oxford University
Commonwealth Law Journal 323–332 (with Kenny Chng)
8. “From Context to Text in Contractual Interpretation: Is There Really a Problem with
the Plain Meaning Rule?” (2016) 45 Common Law World Review 298–318
9. “New Distinctions Within Terms Implied in Fact” (2016) 33 Journal of Contract Law
183–209
10. “Rationalising Anticipatory Breach in Executed Contracts” [2016] Cambridge Law
Journal 18–21 (with Yip Man)
11. “Lost But Found Again: The Traditional Tests for Implied Terms in Fact: Marks and
Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd” [2016]
Journal of Business Law 231–240
12. “The Compensatory Principle: A Golden Victory For a New Certainty” [2016]
Journal of Business Law 335 –345 (with Yip Man)
13. “Unpacking the Compensatory Principle: Causation, Mitigation, Certainty of Loss
and Remoteness: Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA v MT Maritime Management
BV” [2016] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 33–41 (with Yip Man)
14. “Clarifying Rectification in Singapore” (2015) 27 Singapore Academy of Law
Journal 403–437
15. “A Wrong Turn in History: Re-understanding the Exclusionary Rule Against Prior
Negotiations in Contractual Interpretation” [2014] Journal of Business Law 360–388
16. “Marley v Rawlings: Reflections from Singapore” [2014] Singapore Journal of Legal
Studies 218–228 (with Yip Man)
17. “Default Standards for Non-absolute Obligation Clauses” [2014] Lloyd’s Maritime
and Commercial Law Quarter 320–327 (with Yip Man)
18. “Dealing with Unforeseen Circumstances – Contractual Construction and Equitable
Adjustment” [2014] Journal of Business Law 55–63 (with Yip Man)
19. “The New Contractual Interpretation in Singapore: From Zurich Insurance to
Sembcorp Marine” [2013] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 301–330
20. “Contractual Remoteness in England and Singapore Compared: Orthodoxy
Preferable?” (2013) 30 Journal of Contract Law 233–242
21. “Contractual Interpretation in Indian Evidence Act Jurisdictions: Compatibility with
Modern Contextual Approach?” (2013) 13 Oxford University Commonwealth Law
Journal 17–48
22. “A New Framework for the Implication of Terms in Fact” (2013) 13 Oxford
University Commonwealth Law Journal 379–386
23. “Terms Implied in Fact Clarified in Singapore” [2013] Journal of Business Law
237–247
24. “The Case for Departing from the Exclusionary Rule against Prior Negotiations in
the Interpretation of Contracts in Singapore” (2013) 25 Singapore Academy of Law
Journal 182–214
25. “The Relationship Between Interpretation, Implication and Rectification in
Singapore” (2012) 30 Singapore Law Review 97–124
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26. “Past Consideration or Unconnected Consideration: Rainforest Trading Ltd v State
Bank of India Singapore” (2012) 24 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 555–567
(with Yip Man)
27. “Liability for Work Done Where Contract is Denied: Contractual and Restitutionary
Approaches” [2012] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 289–316
(with Yip Man)
28. “Contractual Interpretation in Singapore: Continued Refinement After Zurich
Insurance – Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd v Carilla Pte Ltd” (2012) 24 Singapore
Academy of Law Journal 275–297
29. “Explaining Contractual Remoteness in Singapore” [2011] Journal of Business Law
282–290
30. “Concurrent and Independent Rights to Terminate for Breach of Contract” (2010) 26
Journal of Contract Law 103–133 (with J W Carter)
31. “Case Comment: Robertson Quay Investment Pte Ltd v Steen Consultants Pte Ltd”
(2009) 9 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 101–108
32. “Compromising on Consideration in Singapore: Gay Choon Ing v Loh Sze Ti Terence
Peter” (2009) 23(1) Commercial Law Quarterly: The Journal of the Commercial Law
Association of Australia 11–15
33. “Towards a Consistent Approach in Breach and Termination of Contract at Common
Law: RDC Concrete Pte Ltd v Sato Kogyo (S) Pte Ltd” (2008) 24 Journal of Contract
Law 251–267
Torts Law
34. “Case Note on Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC
4” (forthcoming in the Torts Law Journal) (with Kenny Chng and Gary Chan)
35. “Concurrent Liability in Tort and Contract: An Analysis of Interplay, Intersection and
Independence” (2017) 24 Torts Law Journal 148–172 (with Yip Man)
36. “Legislation Comment: The Protection From Harassment Act 2014” (2014) 26
Singapore Academy of Law Journal 700–723 (with Yip Man)
37. “The Case for Legislating Harassment in Singapore” (2014) 26 Singapore Academy
of Law Journal 68–97
38. “The Promise of Universality: The Spandeck Formulation Half a Decade On” (2013)
25 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 510–547 (with David Tan)
39. “Imbree v McNeilly: A View from Singapore” [2009] Singapore Journal of Legal
Studies 283–289
40. “Tort Law in the Face of Land Scarcity in Singapore” (2009) 26(2) Arizona Journal
of International and Comparative Law 335–391
41. “Duty of Care in Psychiatric Harm in Singapore” (2008) 124 Law Quarterly Review
539–543
Legal Processes
42. “Where Judicial and Legislative Powers Conflict”: Dealing with Legislative Gaps
(and Non-Gaps) in Singapore (2016) 28 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 472–502
43. “The Inherent Jurisdiction and Inherent Powers of the Singapore Courts: Rethinking
the Limits of Their Exercise” [2011] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 178–211
44. “Two Contrasting Approaches in the Interpretation of Outdated Statutory Provisions”
[2010] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 530–545
45. “Statutory Interpretation in Singapore: 15 Years on from Legislative Reform” (2009)
21 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 97–134
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46. “Setting Aside a Default Judgment: New Developments in Singapore” (2009) 28(2)
Civil Justice Quarterly 200–205
47. “The Jurisdiction to Reopen Criminal Cases: A Consideration of the (Criminal)
Statutory and Inherent Jurisdiction of the Singapore Court of Appeal” [2008]
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 395–419
48. “A Comparative Account of Statutory Interpretation in Singapore” (2008) 29 Statute
Law Review 195–223
49. “Show Cause Proceedings Before the Court of Three Judges: Some Procedural
Questions” (2008) 20 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 801–819
Singapore Legal System
50. “An Empirical Study on the Singapore Court of Appeal’s Citation of Academic
Works: Reflections on the Relationship between Singapore’s Judiciary and
Academia” (2017) 29 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 75–125 (with Cheah Wui
Ling)
51. “An Introduction to the Singapore Legal System and its Courts and Rules of Civil
Procedure” (2016) 251 Revista de Processo 459–522 (with Andrew Phang Boon
Leong)
52. “An Empirical Study of the Development of Singapore Law” (with Paul Tan) (2011)
23 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 176–226
III. Other Publications
Written Submissions as Amicus Curiae
1. Turf Club Auto Emporium Pte Ltd v Yeo Boong Hua [2018] SGCA 44 (Andrew
Phang JA: “There are three parts to the submissions on the law by the amicus curiae,
Assoc Prof Goh Yihan (“Prof Goh”), which are comprehensive and scholarly. … We
would also like to express our deepest gratitude to Prof Goh for his astute and erudite
submissions, which greatly assisted us in navigating a complex and contentious area
of law.”)
2. ACB v Thomson Medical Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 918 (Andrew Phang JA: “Finally, we
would like to record our deep appreciation once again to Prof Goh for the invaluable
assistance he provided us – notwithstanding the fact that we did not ultimately agree
with all of his submissions. His masterly integration of theory and practice
exemplifies all that excellent legal scholarship should be. We also commend
Prof Goh for his excellent advocacy. Indeed, this is not the first time that Prof Goh
has been commended in the highest terms for his assistance as amicus curiae (see, for
example, the Singapore High Court decision of Ang Jeanette v PP [2011] 4 SLR 1 at
[76] and the decision of this court in Re Nalpon Zero Geraldo Mario [2013] 3 SLR
258 at [72] (where it was observed that ‘both [Prof Goh’s] written and oral
submissions were models of clarity and conciseness’)).
3. Re Nalpon Zero Geraldo Mario [2013] 3 SLR 258 (V K Rajah JA: “It only remains
for us to place on record our debt to Mr Goh for his admirable research into (and
comprehensive submissions about) the historical evolution of the various Courts’
disciplinary jurisdiction over legal professionals in Singapore. We should add that
both his written and oral submissions were models of clarity and conciseness.”)
4. Ang Jeanette v Public Prosecutor [2011] 4 SLR 1 (V K Rajah JA: “In particular, I
would like to express my deep gratitude to Mr Goh Yihan for his helpful
submissions. Despite having prepared them at short notice, his submissions were
comprehensive, admirably researched and lucidly presented.”)
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Law Reform and Other Reports
1. Written Representations, Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods (March
2018)
2. Report on Performance and Non-Performance in Singapore Contract Law (Principles
of Asia Contract Law, 2015) (with Gary Low and Yip Man)
3. Report on Possible Reform of the Law on Part Payments and Deposits, Sub-
Committee, SAL Law Reform Committee (August 2015) (with Rebecca Chew, Jason
Chan and Paul Tan)
Book Reviews
1. Book Review: Formation and Variation of Contracts [2015] Journal of Business Law
183–185
2. Book Review: The Construction of Commercial Contracts [2013] Singapore Journal
of Legal Studies 474–475
3. Book Review: Networks as Interconnected Contracts [2011] Singapore Journal of
Legal Studies 588–591
4. Book Review: The Law of Torts in Singapore [2011] Singapore Journal of Legal
Studies 584–587
5. Book Review: Exploring Contract Law [2009] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
677–681
6. Book Review: Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract [2009] Singapore Journal of
Legal Studies 296–300
Professional Publications
Contract Law
1. “Two recent English cases on the compensatory principle in contract law”, Rajah &
Tann Visiting Academic Series (Fourth Quarter, 2015)
2. “Recent Court of Appeal Decisions on Contract Law”, Rajah & Tann Visiting
Academic Series (Second Quarter, 2015)
3. “Does the Obligation to Obtain the Consent of a Third Party Extend to Taking
Further Steps After Rejection?”, Singapore Law Blog (22 April 2015)
(http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/106)
4. “Is a Contractual Clause Excluding a Right of Set-Off Subject to the Requirement of
Reasonableness in the Unfair Contract Terms Act?”, Singapore Law Blog (12
February 2015) (http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/84)
5. “Contract Law Update in 2014”, Rajah & Tann Visiting Academic Series (Fourth
Quarter, 2014)
6. “RBC Properties Pte Ltd v Defu Furniture Pte Ltd [2014] SGCA 62: Restatement of
Law Relating to Misrepresentation in Singapore”, Singapore Law Blog (23 December
2014) (http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/71)
7. “Siemens Industry Software Pte Ltd v Lion Global Offshore Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC
251: Further Issues in Contractual Formation and Duress”, Singapore Law Blog (11
December 2014) (http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/67)
8. “Was Singapore Airlines Liable for Business-Class Seats Sold at Economy Rates?”,
Singapore Law Blog (9 December 2014)
(http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/65)
9. “R1 International Pte Ltd v Lonstroff AG [2014] SGCA 56: Lessons in Contractual
Formation”, Singapore Law Blog (5 December 2014)
(http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/62)
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10. “Contract Law Update 2014”, Singapore Law Blog (4 December 2014)
(http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/60)
11. “Developments in Singapore Contract Law in 2013”, Rajah & Tann Visiting
Academic Series (First Quarter, 2014)
12. “Recent Developments in Singapore Contract Law in 2013”, Rajah & Tann Visiting
Academic Series (Second Quarter, 2013)
13. “Developments in Singapore Contract Law in 2012”, Rajah & Tann Visiting
Academic Series (First Quarter, 2013)
14. “Contractual Interpretation in Singapore: Compatibility with the Evidence Act”,
Rajah & Tann Visiting Academics Series (Fourth Quarter, 2012)
15. “Sembcorp Marine Ltd v PPL Holdings Pte Ltd: Traditional Tests for Implication of
Terms Prevail in Singapore Despite ‘Acceptance’ of Belize Test”, SLW Commentary
(June 2012, Issue 1)
16. “The Relationship Between Interpretation, Implication and Rectification in
Singapore”, Rajah & Tann Visiting Academics Series (Second Quarter, 2012)
17. “The Exclusionary Rule Against Prior Negotiations in Contractual Interpretation”,
Rajah & Tann Visiting Academics Series (First Quarter, 2012)
18. “Contractual Interpretation in Singapore After Zurich Insurance: Continued
Refinement”, SLW Commentary (Jan 2011, Issue 2)
19. “Commentary on E C Investment Holding Pte Ltd v Ridout Residence Pte Ltd and
another (Orion Oil Limited and another, Interveners)”, SLW Commentary (Nov 2010,
Issue 1)
Singapore Legal System
20. “City Harvest case and the separation of powers” The Straits Times (9 February 2018)
21. “Singapore law ready to influence the development of law elsewhere”, The Straits
Times (16 January 2015) (with Paul Tan)
22. “A court for the next decade”, The Straits Times (6 November 2012) (with Paul Tan)
Others
23. “Summary of Speeches at the Opening of Legal Year 2015”, Singapore Law Blog (6
January 2015) (http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/76)
24. “Distinguished Visitors: The Honourable Murray Gleeson AC Chief Justice of
Australia”, Inter Se Print, January 2008 (with Nathaniel Khng)
25. “The Singapore Academy of Law Annual Lecture 2007: Australia’s Contribution to
the Development of the Common Law, Delivered by the Honourable Murray Gleeson
AC, Chief Justice of Australia”, Inter Se Online, November 2007 (with Nathaniel
Khng)
26. “Rigorous Minds, Compassionate Hearts”, in NUS Development Office Yearbook
2007: What’s in a Name? (National University of Singapore), accessible online at:
http://www.nus.edu.sg/giving/download_files/DVOYearbook2007Emp.pdf
Judgments of the Singapore High Court Registry (as Assistant Registrar)
1. The Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 689 v DTZ Debenham Tie Leung
(SEA) Pte Ltd and Another [2008] SGHC 98
2. Lim Quee Choo v David Rasif [2008] SGHC 36
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OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
Conference Papers
Contract Law
1. “Towards a Consistent Use of Subsequent Conduct in Singapore Contract Law”
(paper presented at the KCON 14th Contracts Conference, Tulane Law School, New
Orleans on 9 March 2019)
2. “Contract Law in Commonwealth Countries – Uniformity or Divergence” (paper
presented at the Journal of Contract Law Conference in Sydney University on 12 July
2018)
3. “Towards a Consistent Use of Subsequent Conduct in Singapore Contract Law”
(paper presented at the Reading-SMU Symposium in Reading University on 7 June
2017)
4. “Pioneering Scholar and Practitioner – The Life and Work of Professor J W Carter”
(paper presented at the Journal of Contract Law Conference in Sunway University on
18 May 2017)
5. “The Interpretation of Contracts and Implication of Terms in Singapore” (paper
presented at the Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia Workshop in National
University of Taiwan on 18 September 2016)
6. “New Distinctions Within Terms Implied in Fact” (paper presented at the SMU-
QMUL Research Forum in Singapore Management University on 8 July 2016)
7. “From Context to Text in Contractual Interpretation: Is There Really a Problem with
the Plain Meaning Rule?” (paper presented at the HKU-NUS-SMU Symposium 2016
in Hong Kong University on 22 February 2016)
8. “Encounters with History, Theory and Doctrine – Some Reflections on Discharge by
Breach of Contract” (paper presented at the Contracts in Commercial Law
Conference in Sydney on 19 December 2015) (with Andrew Phang Boon Leong)
9. “Clarifying Rectification in Singapore” (paper presented at the ANU-SMU-Reading
Forum in Singapore on 11 September 2015)
10. “Clarifying Rectification in Singapore” (paper presented at the SAL Equitable
Remedies in Commercial Litigation Conference on 6 March 2015)
11. “New Distinctions in Terms Implied in Fact” (paper presented at the NUS-SMU-
HKU Symposium 2013 in Singapore on 11 January 2013)
12. “A Wrong Turn in History: Re-examining the Exclusionary Rule Against Prior
Negotiations in Contractual Interpretation” (paper presented at Society of Legal
Scholars Conference, University of Bristol on 12 September 2012)
13. “A Wrong Turn in History: Re-examining the Exclusionary Rule Against Prior
Negotiations in Contractual Interpretation” (paper presented at Staff Research
Seminar Series in Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore on 18 January
2012)
14. “Work Done in Anticipation of Contract” (paper presented at the HKU-NUS-SMU
Symposium 2010 in Hong Kong on 15 November 2010) (with Yip Man)
Torts Law
15. “Torts and Contract in the Protection of Business Interests: Interplay, Intersection and
Independence” (paper presented at the Protecting Business and Economic Interests:
Contemporary Issues in Tort Law Conference in Singapore on 18 August 2016) (with
Yip Man)
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16. “The Case for Legislating Harassment in Singapore” (paper presented at the Institute
of Policy Studies Conference on Harassment in Singapore: Realities, Conundrums
and Approaches Moving Ahead in Singapore on 16 November 2013)
17. “Tort Law in the Face of Land Scarcity in Singapore” (paper presented at the Torts
and Compensation Section, Association of American Law Schools Meeting in San
Diego, California, USA on 9 January 2009)
Legal Processes
18. “When Judicial and Legislative Powers Conflict in Legislation: Which Prevails”
(paper presented at the SMU School of Law Research Camp in Singapore on 5
October 2015)
19. “The Interpretation of the Constitution in Singapore: Ought it be Different from the
Interpretation of Statutes and Contracts?” (paper presented at the Judging the
Constitution Conference in Singapore on 29 May 2015)
20. “When Judicial and Legislative Powers Conflict in Legislation: Which Prevails”
(paper presented at the 12th Asian Law Institute Conference in Taipei on 22 May
2015)
21. “The Inherent Jurisdiction and Inherent Powers of the Singapore Courts: Rethinking
the Limits of Their Exercise” (paper presented at the HKU-NUS-SMU Symposium
2010 in Hong Kong on 16 November 2010)
22. “Statutory Interpretation in Singapore: 15 Years on from Legislative Reform” (paper
presented at the HKU-NUS-SMU Symposium 2008 in Singapore on 1 December
2008)
Singapore Legal System
23. “A Conscious Effort to Develop a ‘Different’ Common Law of Obligations: A
Possible Endeavour?” (paper presented at the Obligations Conference VII in Hong
Kong on 17 July 2014)
Professional Lectures, Seminars, Workshops and Panels
Contract Law
1. AGC Academy Professional Development Programme on “Updates in Singapore
Contract Law” (28 March 2019, Attorney-General’s Chambers)
2. Singapore Academy of Law Seminar: “The Rule against Recovery of Reflective Loss
– Is it Necessary and has it Gone Too Far” (9 January 2019, Singapore Academy of
Law) (with David Foxton QC)
3. AGC Academy Professional Development Programme on “When Things Go Wrong
– Discharge by Breach of Contract” (25 October 2018, Attorney-General’s Chambers)
4. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “The Construction of Contractual
Terms in Singapore: Implication, Interpretation and Rectification – Principles and
Updates” (16 November 2018, Singapore Management University)
5. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “A Comparative Overview and
Update of Singapore Contract Law and Elsewhere” (19 October 2018, Singapore
Management University)
6. Singapore Judicial College Judgment Writing and Oral Judgment Programme:
“Construction of Contract” (Supreme Court, 7 August 2018)
7. AGC Academy Professional Development Programme on “Updates in Singapore
Contract Law” (21 June 2018, Attorney-General’s Chambers)
8. AGC Academy Professional Development Programme on “Contractual Discretion”
(9 January 2018, Attorney-General’s Chambers) (with David Foxton QC)
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9. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Updates in Contract Case Law
2017” (7 November 2017, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
10. Law Society CPD Day Seminar: “Contract” (31 October 2017, Bugis+)
11. Singapore Academy of Law Distinguished Speaker Series: “The Doctrine of Penalties
in Modern Contract Law” (2 October 2017, Supreme Court Auditorium) (as panellist
following speech by Chief Justice James Allsop)
12. AGC Academy Professional Development Programme on “Principles of Contractual
Interpretation” (29 June 2017, Attorney-General’s Chambers)
13. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Updates in Contract Case Law
2017” (18 April 2017, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
14. Singapore Judicial College Master Class Series: “Recent Developments in the Law of
Contractual Interpretation and Illegality in Singapore and the United Kingdom” (16
March 2017, Supreme Court Viewing Gallery) (with Justice Andrew Phang and Sir
Bernard Rix)
15. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “A Comparative Overview and
Update of Singapore Contract Law and Elsewhere” (22 February 2017, Singapore
Management University)
16. Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow Continuing Legal Education Seminar:
“Contractual Interpretation, Good Faith and Vitiating Factors” (24 November 2016,
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow)
17. Law Society CPD Day Seminar: “Contract” (1 November 2016, Suntec City
Convention Centre)
18. AGC Academy Professional Development Programme on “Workshop on Practical
Issues in Contract Drafting and Interpretation” (11 October 2016, Attorney-General’s
Chambers)
19. SAL-Middle Temple Conference on Recent Developments in the Law and Practice in
the UK and Singapore: Session on “Contractual Interpretation and the Implication of
Terms in Singapore (22 September 2016, Supreme Court of Singapore Auditorium)
20. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “A Comparative Overview and
Update of Singapore Contract Law and Elsewhere” (29 July 2016, Singapore
Management University)
21. Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review Conference: “Contract Law” (26 July
2016, Supreme Court Auditorium) (with Lee Pey Woan)
22. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Updates in Contract Case Law
2016” (20 July 2016, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
23. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “The Construction of Contractual
Terms in Singapore: Implication, Interpretation and Rectification – Principles and
Updates” (4 April 2016, Singapore Management University)
24. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “The Construction of Contractual
Terms in Singapore: Implication, Interpretation and Rectification – Principles and
Updates” (31 March 2016, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
25. AGC Academy Professional Development Programme on “Contractual Interpretation
in Singapore” (25 February 2016, Attorney-General’s Chambers)
26. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Developments in Singapore
Contract Law 2015” (18 February 2016, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
27. Rajah & Tann LLP Client Seminar: “Mis-selling Issues in Banking Law” (16
November 2015, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP) (with Rebecca Chew)
28. Singapore Judicial College Seminar: “Developments in Singapore Contract Law
2015” (20 October 2015, Supreme Court Viewing Gallery)
29. Law Society CPD Day Seminar: “Contract” (9 September 2015, Supreme Court
Auditorium)
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30. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Updates in Contract Case Law
2015” (6 August 2015, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
31. QMUL-SMU Research Forum Public Lecture: “Singapore Contract Law: Different,
But Still Relevant?” (25 June 2015, Queen Mary University of London, Centre for
Commercial Law Studies, London)
32. Contract Law Workshop for Business Executives (2 and 4 June 2015, SingEx)
33. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “The Construction of Contractual
Terms in Singapore: Implication, Interpretation and Rectification – Principles and
Updates” (29 April 2015, Singapore Management University)
34. Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow Continuing Legal Education Seminar:
“Developments in Singapore Contract Law 2014” (21 April 2015, Baker &
McKenzie.Wong & Leow)
35. BizNet Global Learn at Teatime Seminar: “Contract Law for HR Practitioners” (27
March 2015, The Third Space)
36. Contract Law Workshop for Business Executives (3 and 17 February 2015, SingEx)
37. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Developments in Singapore
Contract Law 2014” (5 February 2015, Rajah & Tann LLP)
38. Law Society CPD Day Seminar: “Contract” (20 November 2014, Supreme Court
Auditorium)
39. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Updates in Contract Case Law
2014” (26 August 2014, Rajah & Tann LLP)
40. Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review Seminar Series: “Contract Law” (14
August 2014, Supreme Court Auditorium) (with Lee Pey Woan)
41. Rajah & Tann LLP Client Seminar: “Developments in Singapore Contract Law
2013” (27 March 2014, Rajah & Tann LLP)
42. Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow Continuing Legal Education Seminar:
“Developments in Singapore Contract Law 2013” (27 February 2014, Baker &
McKenzie.Wong & Leow)
43. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Developments in Singapore
Contract Law 2013” (20 February 2014, Rajah & Tann LLP)
44. NUS Continuing Legal Education Seminar: “The New Contractual Interpretation and
Implication in Singapore” (15 January 2014, National University of Singapore)
45. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “The New Contractual Interpretation
and Implication in Singapore” (12 September 2013, Rajah & Tann LLP)
46. Singapore Academy of Law Law Week Continuing Legal Education Programmes
Seminar on Contract Law (23 July 2013, Supreme Court Auditorium) (with Lee Pey
Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
47. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Developments in Singapore
Contract Law in 2013” (30 May 2013, Rajah & Tann LLP)
48. NUS Continuing Legal Education Seminar: “Recent Developments in Contract Law”
(22 May 2013, National University of Singapore)
49. Rajah & Tann LLP Client Seminar: “Recent Developments in Singapore Contract
Law” (28 February 2013, Rajah & Tann LLP)
50. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Developments in Singapore
Contract Law in 2012” (31 January 2013, Rajah & Tann LLP)
51. Singapore Supreme Court Continuing Judicial Education Series: “Recent
Developments in Singapore Contract Law” (30 November 2012, Supreme Court
Viewing Gallery) (with Lee Pey Woan and Tham Chee Ho)
52. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Terms Implied in Fact and
Reconciling Contractual Interpretation with the Evidence Act in Singapore” (18
October 2012, Rajah & Tann LLP)
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53. Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review Seminar Series: “Contract Law” (16
August 2012, Supreme Court Auditorium)
54. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Formation and Interpretation Issues
in Singapore Contract Law” (31 May 2012, Rajah & Tann LLP)
55. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Series: “Developments in the Laws of
Contract, Restitution and Restraint of Trade” (with Yeo Tiong Min, Hon SC and
Francis Xavier, SC) (23 March 2012, Supreme Court Auditorium)
56. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Prior Negotiations in Contractual
Interpretation” (9 February 2012, Rajah & Tann LLP)
57. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Restraint of Trade in Singapore:
Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd [2011] SGHC 241” (13 December
2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
58. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Common Mistake in Singapore”
(24 November 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
59. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Contractual Interpretation in
Singapore” (22 September 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
60. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Undue Influence” (18 August 2011,
Rajah & Tann LLP)
61. Rajah & Tann LLP Client Seminar: “Recent Developments in Singapore Contract
and Tort Law” (16 August 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
62. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “The Test for Implied Terms” (30
June 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
63. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Force Majeure Clauses” (20 May
2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
64. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Breach of Contract – The Right to
Terminate” (7 April 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
Torts Law
65. Resolving Community Disputes Seminar: “International Developments in
Jurisprudence on Harassment” (23 September 2016, State Courts of Singapore
Auditorium)
66. Crown Leadership International Masterclass: “Managing Workplace Bullying and
Harassment” (25 April 2016, Crown Leadership)
67. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Five Years After Spandeck: Duty of
Care in the Tort of Negligence in Singapore” (31 July 2012, Rajah & Tann LLP)
68. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Tort of Negligence and Remoteness
of Damages” (March 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
Commercial Remedies
69. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Updates in Commercial Remedies
2016” (13 October 2016, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP)
70. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “Commercial Remedies in Singapore
– Latest Developments” (4 August 2016, Singapore Management University) (with
Yip Man)
71. SMU Continuing Legal Education: Seminar on “Commercial Remedies in Singapore
– Latest Developments” (6 October 2015, Singapore Management University) (with
Yip Man)
72. BizNet Global Seminar: “Commercial Remedies for Non-Legal Professionals” (10
October 2014, Holiday Inn Orchard City Centre Singapore) (with Yip Man)
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Legal Processes
73. Singapore Academy of Law Distinguished Speaker Lecture: ““Contractual
Interpretation: Do Judges sometimes say one thing and do another?” and “Preserving
the integrity of the Common Law” (14 September 2018, Supreme Court Auditorium)
(as panellist following speech by Sir Geoffrey Vos)
74. Singapore Academy of Law Seminar: “Understanding the Proper Nature and Scope
of Res Judicata in the Light of Recent UK and Singapore Cases” (14 January 2016,
Supreme Court Viewing Gallery) (as panellist following speech by Paul McGrath QC)
75. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Statutory Interpretation in
Singapore” (11 October 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
76. Rajah & Tann LLP Visiting Academic Seminar: “Inherent Jurisdiction and Inherent
Powers of the Singapore Courts” (14 July 2011, Rajah & Tann LLP)
Legal Technology
77. Harvard Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society: “AI Governance in
Singapore” (4 March 2019, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, USA)
78. Harvard Asia Business Conference 2019: “Business, Law and Technology: What the
Future Holds” (3 March 2019, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, USA) (as
panellist)
79. SMU China Forum 2018: “Digital Revolution and AI – Developmental Experiences
of Singapore and China” on “AI and the Legal Profession” (21 November, Singapore
Management University)
80. APAC Legal Hackers Summit: “APAC Law and Tech Roundtable” (17 November
2018, Singapore Academy of Law) (as panellist)
Others
81. The CLAS Criminal Law Training Programme: “Re-Opening Cases” (6 August 2015,
State Courts Bar Room) (with Suresh Damodara)
External Research Grants
1. Grant of $4.5m from National Research Foundation and Info-Communications Media
Authority to pursue 5-Year Research Programme on Governance of AI and Data Use
(October 2018) (As Lead PI, together with a team from the School of Law, SMU)
2. Grant of $12,000 from Singapore Judicial College to pursue project on courts’
citations of academic literature (January 2017)
3. Project Lead in project on Contract Law under the Asian Business Law Institute
(September 2016)
4. Grant of $17,000 from Singapore Judicial College to pursue project on courts’
citations of academic literature (July 2015) (with Cheah Wui Ling)
5. Grant of $15,000 from Singapore Academy of Law to pursue project on empirical
research of Singapore law (August 2009) (with Paul Tan)
CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES:
1. Expert witness on Singapore contract law in the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia)
(August 2015)
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2. Expert witness on Singapore contract law in the Federal Court of Canada (January
2015)
3. Instructed counsel before the Singapore Court of Appeal in RBC Properties Pte Ltd v
Defu Furniture Pte Ltd [2015] 1 SLR 997 (July 2014)
4. Numerous legal opinions rendered on issues of Singapore contract and commercial
law to various law firms, including advice for use before the French and Pakistani
courts (2010 – present)
SUBJECTS TAUGHT:
I. Subjects Taught at Undergraduate Level
1. The Law of Contract (1) (Singapore Management University – 2018)
2. The Law of Equity and Trusts (Singapore Management University – 2015)
3. The Law of Contract (1) (Singapore Management University – 2014 to 2017)
4. Singapore Legal System (Singapore Institute of Legal Education – 2015)
5. The Law of Contract (2) (Singapore Management University – 2015)
6. The Law of Torts (Singapore Management University – 2015, 2017)
7. The Law of Contract (National University of Singapore – 2008 to 2014)
8. The Law of Torts (National University of Singapore – 2008 to 2014)
II. Subjects Taught at Postgraduate Level
1. The Law of Contract (1) (Singapore Management University (JD) – 2014 to 2018)
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