Andrew Phang

Andrew Phang Boon Leong SC (born 1957) is a Singaporean judge in the Supreme Court.

The Honourable

Andrew Phang

SC
潘文龙
Phang speaking at the 2019 Commencement ceremony of SMU School of Law
Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Assumed office
28 February 2006
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
8 December 2005 – 28 February 2006
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Judicial Commissioner of Singapore
In office
3 January 2005 – 8 December 2005
Appointed byS. R. Nathan
Personal details
Born1957 (age 63–64)
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Spouse(s)Phang Sock Yong
Alma mater
In this Chinese name, the family name is Phang.
Andrew Phang
Simplified Chinese潘文龙

Education

Phang received his Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) from the University of Singapore in 1982, before earning his Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School in 1984 and 1988 respectively.

Career

Between 1982 and 2000, Phang taught at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, and was appointed Professor of Law in 1999. He was appointed Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Law in 2000, and made Chairman of the Department of Law at SMU's Lee Kong Chian School of Business in 2001.

In 2004, together with Tan Cheng Han, he was one of the first two legal academics in Singapore to be conferred the title of senior counsel.[1]

Supreme Court

Phang was appointed Judicial Commissioner in January 2005, Judge of the High Court in December 2005, and Judge of Appeal on 28 February 2006.[2] He is one of the leading authorities in contract law in Singapore and the Commonwealth. He was appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal with effect from 28 September 2017 following his predecessor Chao Hick Tin's retirement.

Personal life

Phang was born in 1957 in Singapore.[2] He is married to Phang Sock Yong,[3] an economics professor at the Singapore Management University.[4] He has two daughters.[3]

Selected works

Non-fiction

  • Andrew B.L. Phang & Goh Yihan, Contract Law in Singapore, Kluwer Law International, 2012, ISBN 978-9-041-14627-4

References
  1. "New High Court Judge", Straits Times, 9 December 2005.
  2. "Justices". Supreme Court of Singapore. 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  3. Andrew B L Phang and Goh Yihan, Contract Law in Singapore (Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2012) at 5.
  4. "Phang Sock Yong". Singapore Management University. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2019.


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