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.