BA,LLB,LLM

Barrister and Solicitor, Alberta

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law

University of Hong Kong

SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITAE

Barrister and Solicitor (Alberta) (4 years in civil litigation and personal injury practice, Bennett Jones, Calgary Canada, 1981-85)

Government of Canada, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Vancouver Canada, 1986

Government of The Gambia, Ministry of Justice and Law Reform Commission of The Gambia 1987-89

Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Hong Kong (1989 to 1997): Associate Professor (1997 to present); Deputy Head, Department of Law (1993-96); Head, Department of Law (1996 to 1999); General Editor, Hong Kong Law Journal (1999 to present)

Courses taught: Tort, Criminal, Contract, Legal System, Medico-legal , Labour

Author of Tort Law in Hong Kong (Hong Kong: Sweet and Maxwell Asia, 2nd ed, 2007, 736pp.)

Other recent Publications: "

"Where Principle Meets Pragmatism: Tort Law in Post-colonial Hong Kong" in Neyers et al, Emerging Issues in Tort Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2007) ch 22, pp 557-78; "Worker Misconduct and the Denial of Claims under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance" (2006) 36 HKLJ 651; "Connecting the Injury with the Employment in the Proof of Employees' Compensation Claims" in Young and Jen (eds), Law Lectures for Practitioners 2005 (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2005), 1-25; "Occupiers Liability Ordinance" (2nd ed, 2005), in Butterworths Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong; "The Illusion of Proportionate Liability: The Case of the Incorporated Owners of Albert House" (2004) 34 HKLJ 451; "A Frolic in the Law of Tort: Expanding the Scope of Employer's Vicarious Liability" (2004) 12 Tort Law Review 18, "Wrongful Termination of Employment Contracts" in J Young and A Chan (eds), Law Lectures for Practitioners 2004 (Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2004) 1-39; "Debt Collection Malpractice" (2001) 31 HKLJ 1; "The Law of Limitations as Applied to Latent Building Defects" (2000) Vol 16 No 6 Constr L J 379; "Defective Buildings and Defective Law: the Duty of Care in Negligence" (MS Word format, 98Kb) (2000) 30 HKLJ 206; "Is Anybody Home? Occupiers' Liability in Hong Kong" (2000) Law Lectures for Practitioners (HKLJ Ltd) 69-87; "Plaintiff's Illegality as a Bar to Recovery of Personal Injury Damages" (1999) 19 Leg Stud 6-23; "Obstructions, Noise and Smells: Nuisance Liability in Hong Kong" (1998) Law Lectures for Practitioners (HKLJ Ltd) 25-55.

Tort Law in Hong Kong (Second Edition) carries the same emphasis as the first edition throughout the work on the practice and development of the law of torts in the Hong Kong. It is the most recent and leading authoritative work to date on this ever-changing and vitally important subject. The book offers an incisive and pragmatic explication and analysis of the major legal principles, with discussions and commentary of the most recent and important judicial decisions in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and elsewhere that impact on this subject.

Tort law, perhaps more than any other area of law, should reflect the views of the ordinary person on the street on the obligations owed by one member of society to another. While Hong Kong tort law has its origins in the English law of tort, the author highlights the development of tortious principles unique to Hong Kong, an independent jurisdiction functioning in conditions far removed from those prevailing in other common law jurisdictions and provides comprehensive and analytical accounts, pertinent to the state of the law of torts in Hong Kong.

Contents include: Introduction, Negligence, Breach of duty, Causation and remoteness of damage, Duty of care, Defence to negligence, Occupier's liability, Breach of statutory duty, Employers' liability, Damages for personal injury, Vicarious liability, Multiple tortfeasors, Employees' compensation, Nuisance - Rylands v Fletcher, Trespass and other intentional torts, Defamamtion and Limitations

Readership: Practitioners, law students and academics

Jurisdiction: Hong Kong