Dr Sandra Booysen is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. She is Director of the Centre for Banking & Finance Law (CBFL) at NUS Faculty of Law and was previously the deputy-director of CBFL from 2018 to 2023. Sandra also serves on the editorial board of two academic journals: Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, the journal of NUS Law, and International Banking and Securities Law, published by Brill.
Sandra’s research interests straddle contract and banking law and she has published her work in a variety of international journals, including the Journal of Business Law (UK), Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (UK), the Banking and Finance Law Review (Canada), the Journal of Contract Law (Australia) and the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies (Singapore). In 2017, Sandra co-edited a volume entitled Can Banks Still Keep a Secret? Bank Secrecy in Financial Centres Around the World which was published by Cambridge University Press and was the culmination of a research project funded by CBFL. She is currently engaged in a research project that is examining the problem of mis-selling investments to retail investors as revealed by the global financial crisis, and the ways in which jurisdictions have responded to the problem.
Prior to joining academia, Sandra practiced law in London and Johannesburg, with a focus on commercial litigation. She is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, and as an attorney in South Africa. Sandra is a graduate from Rhodes University, South Africa, where she completed an arts degree, and the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where she completed her law degree. After moving to Singapore, Sandra pursued a Masters of Law degree, followed by her doctoral studies at the National University of Singapore.
Edited Books
Book Chapters
Sandra Booysen, 'Banking Law' in Simon Chesterman, Goh Yihan and Andrew Phang Boon Leong (eds), Law and Technology in Singapore (2nd Edition) (Academy Publishing 2025)
Sandra Booysen, 'The Liability of Financial Supervisors & Resolution Authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore' in Danny Busch, Christos Gortsos, and Gerard McMeel QC (eds), Liability of Financial Supervisors and Resolution Authorities (Oxford University Press 2022) 351
Sandra Booysen, 'Financial Advice and Investor Protection: A Comparative Overview' in Sandra Booysen (ed), Financial Advice and Investor Protection: Comparative Law and Practice (Edward Elgar Publishing 2021) 2
Sandra Booysen, 'Financial Advice and the Duty to Advise' in Sandra Booysen (ed), Financial Advice and Investor Protection: Comparative Law and Practice (Edward Elgar Publishing 2021) 64
Sandra Booysen, 'Banking Law' in Simon Chesterman, Goh Yihan and Andrew Phang Boon Leong (eds), Law and Technology in Singapore (Academy Publishing 2021) 331
Sandra Booysen, 'The Letter of Credit as a Contract' in Christopher Hare and Dora Neo (eds), Trade Finance: Technology, Innovation and Documentary Credits (Oxford University Press 2021) 22
Journal Articles
Sandra Booysen, 'The Legacy of Cheques on the Evolution of a Bank Customer’s Duties: Enduring Principles regarding Risk Allocation' (2022) 38 Banking and Finance Law Review 35
Representative Publications
Sandra Booysen, ‘Contractual Illegality and Flexibility – A Rose by Any Other Name’ [2015] Journal of Contract Law 170-189
Sandra Booysen, ‘Contractual Severance and the Cornerstone of the Parties’ Intentions’ [2014] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 537-563
Sandra Booysen, ”Pay Now – Argue Later’: Conclusive Evidence Clauses in Commercial Loan Contracts’ [2014] Journal of Business Law 31-53
