Andrew Phang

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The Honourable Justice
Andrew Phang
SC
潘文龙
Phang speaking at the 2019 Commencement ceremony of SMU School of Law
Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Assumed office
6 January 2023
Appointed byHalimah Yacob
Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore
In office
28 February 2006 – 15 December 2022
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
Born (1957-12-15) 15 December 1957 (age 66)
Singapore
SpousePhang Sock Yong
Alma mater
In this Chinese name, the family name is Phang.
Andrew Phang
Simplified Chinese潘文龙

Andrew Phang Boon Leong SC (born 15 December 1957) is a Singaporean judge in the Supreme Court.

Early life and education[edit]

Phang was born in 1957 in Singapore.[1] 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[edit]

Legal academic[edit]

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.[2]

Supreme Court[edit]

Phang was appointed Judicial Commissioner in January 2005, Judge of the High Court in December 2005, and Judge of Appeal on 28 February 2006.[1] At 48 years old, he was the youngest person to have been appointed a Judge of Appeal.

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.

Phang retired as a Justice of the Court of Appeal on his 65th birthday on 15 December 2022. He was subsequently appointed as a Senior Judge,[3] and, was, in November 2023, honoured by NUS for his contributions to the legal profession.[4]

Cases[edit]

Cases in which Phang sat as a judge include:

Personal life[edit]

Phang's wife is Phang Sock Yong,[5] an economics professor at the Singapore Management University.[6] He has two daughters.[5]

Selected works[edit]

Books[edit]

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

Articles[edit]

  • "Implied terms in English law — some recent developments" (1993) Journal of Business Law 242
  • "The Challenge of Principled Gap Filling — A Study of Implied Terms in a Comparative Context" (2014) Journal of Business Law 263

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Justices". Supreme Court of Singapore. 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  2. ^ "New High Court Judge", Straits Times, 9 December 2005.
  3. ^ Lum, Selina (2022-11-28). "Tributes pour in as legal legend Andrew Phang retires from apex court | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  4. ^ "NUS honours 35 alumni for outstanding contributions to alma mater and society". NUS honours 35 alumni for outstanding contributions to alma mater and society. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  5. ^ a b Andrew B L Phang and Goh Yihan, Contract Law in Singapore (Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2012) at 5.
  6. ^ "Phang Sock Yong". Singapore Management University. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

External links[edit]

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