LIEW  
Ying Khai

 
Kwa Geok Choo Distinguished Visitor

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In Residence

12 January 2026 to 30 January 2026

Current Courses

Trusts Law in the Asia-Pacific Region

Ying Khai Liew is a Professor at the Melbourne Law School. He 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 JournalLaw Quarterly ReviewModern Law ReviewOxford Journal of Legal StudiesSydney Law ReviewUNSW 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. He is the founder and General Editor of the Asia-Pacific Trusts Law book series (Hart Publishing).

Professor Liew is Co-Director of the Obligations Group and Associate Director (Private Law) of the Asian Law Centre at Melbourne Law School. He is a General Editor of the Journal of Equity and an Academic Member of the Chancery Bar Association (UK).

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