Kumaralingam 
AMIRTHALINGAM

 
Professor

Academic Fellow

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam obtained his LLB (Hons) and PhD in law from the Australian National University where he commenced his academic career. He joined the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore in 2000 and over the years has served as Vice Dean (Academic Affairs), Vice Dean (International Programmes) and Director, Asian Law Institute. At the University level, he has served on various committees and was Chair of the NUS Teaching Academy from 2015 to 2018. He spent two years on secondment to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and Senior Director (Research & Policy), appearing before the State Court and the High Court.  He has twice appeared before the Court of Appeal as an Amicus Curiae.  He has advised the Ministry of Law and Ministry of Health, and is a member of the Singapore Medical Council’s Complaints Panel.  His research is primarily in the areas of criminal law and justice (focusing on the role of the Public Prosecutor) and tort law (focusing on medical liability and economic loss).

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Contact

(65) 6516-1518
FED-02-02

Education

PhD, LLB (Hons) (Australian National University)

Curriculum Vitae

Current Courses

Law of Torts

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam obtained his LLB (Hons) and PhD in law from the Australian National University where he commenced his academic career. He joined the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore in 2000 and over the years has served as Vice Dean (Academic Affairs), Vice Dean (International Programmes) and Director, Asian Law Institute. At the University level, he has served on various committees and was Chair of the NUS Teaching Academy from 2015 to 2018. He spent two years on secondment to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and Senior Director (Research & Policy), appearing before the State Court and the High Court.  He has twice appeared before the Court of Appeal as an Amicus Curiae.  He has advised the Ministry of Law and Ministry of Health, and is a member of the Singapore Medical Council’s Complaints Panel.  His research is primarily in the areas of criminal law and justice (focusing on the role of the Public Prosecutor) and tort law (focusing on medical liability and economic loss).

Book Chapters
Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, Gary Chan and Hannah Lim, 'Tort Law' in Simon Chesterman, Goh Yihan and Andrew Phang Boon Leong (eds), Law and Technology in Singapore (Academy Publishing Press 2021) 269

Journal Articles
Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, 'Sustainable and Efficient Criminal Legal Aid: From Individual Right to Collective Interest' [2022] Criminal Law Review 621

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, 'Upending the Medical Duty to Advise: Legislating the Standard of Care in Singapore' (2022) 22 (3) Medical Law International 189

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, 'Public Prosecutors and the Tort of Misfeasance' (2021) 137 Law Quarterly Review 553

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam and Gary Chan Kok Yew, 'Tort Law' (2021) 22 Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases 771

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, 'Judicial Law-making and the Common Law of Negligence' (2020) 27 Tort Law Review 155

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam and Gary Chan Kok Yew, 'Tort Law' (2020) 21 Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases 824

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, 'Prosecutorial Discretion is a Shield not a Sword' (2020) 68 (2) Criminal Law Quarterly 201

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, 'Medical Negligence and Diagnosis: Further Inroads into Bolam?' (2020) 71 (4) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 657

  • Criminal law (Public prosecution, blameworthiness, vulnerable classes and multiculturalism)
  • Torts (General principles of negligence, medical malpractice and economic loss)