Professor Ying Khai Liew

Overview

Ying Khai Liew teaches and researches in private law, specialising in the law of equity and trusts, the law of assignment, contracts, and remedies. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed international journals, including the Cambridge Law Journal, Law Quarterly Review, Modern Law Review, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Sydney Law Review, UNSW Law Journal, and Melbourne University Law Review, and in several major edited collections. His work has been cited by courts around the world, including the UK Supreme Court, the Supreme Courts of India and Sri Lanka, and various courts in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, and the Cayman Islands.

Ying is the author of the monograph Rationalising Constructive Trusts (Hart Publishing 2017), and the treatise Guest and Liew on the Law of Assignment (currently in its fifth edition, Sweet & Maxwell 2024). Ying is also the founder and General Editor of the Asia-Pacific Trusts Law and Asia-Pacific Contracts Law book series (Hart Publishing) which publishes papers presented at a biannual symposium. Two volumes in the Trusts series have been published (Theory and Practice in Context (2021, with Matthew Harding); Adaptation in Context (2022, with Ying-Chieh Wu)), and the third volume is forthcoming (Boundaries in Context (2024, with Masayuki Tamaruya)). The first volume in the Contracts series is forthcoming (The Digital World in Context (2025, with Lusina Ho).

At Melbourne Law School, Ying is Co-Director of the Obligations Group and Associate Director (Private Law) of the Asian Law Centre. He is also a faculty advisor of the Melbourne University Law Review, Chair of the Student Academic Misconduct Committee, and Advisor for incoming exchange students.

Outside the Law School, Ying is a General Editor of the Journal of Equity and an Academic Member of the Chancery Bar Association (UK). He is a full member (TEP) of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Ying has acted as an expert witness and an independent consultant on various aspects of private law. He regularly delivers seminars for legal practitioners in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and presents at conferences around the world.

Ying has previously held lectureships at King's College London and University College London. He has also held visiting appointments at the National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, City University of Hong Kong, the National Taiwan University, Seoul National University, the University of Hong Kong, BPP University, the University of London, and the University of Nottingham. He was previously an examiner for the University of London International Programmes.

Memberships and Affiliations

• Academic Member, Chancery Bar Association (UK)
• General Editor, Journal of Equity
• External Editor, Journal of Korean Law
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Newcastle Law Review
• Advisory Board Member, LUMS Law Journal
• Associate of King’s College (AKC)