Full CV

M.A. (Southeast Asian Studies), National University of Singapore, 2001

B.A. (Philosophy), University of London (Second Upper Honours), 2000

LL.M. (Merit), SOAS, University of London, 1996

LL.B., National University of Singapore (Second Upper Honours), 1993

Attorney and Counselor-at-Law (New York), 2006

Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), 1994

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointments:

Associate Dean (Teaching & Curriculum), School of Law, Singapore Management University, 2007-Present

Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2007-Present

Previous Appointment:

Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2002–2007

Other Positions

Member, Editorial Board of the Singapore Law Reports (Re-issue)

Member, Professional Development Chapter (of the Professional Affairs Committee, Singapore Academy of Law)

Member, Singapore Academy of Law Summer School Committee

Counsel (Asia-Pacific Australasia), Equant, 2000–2002

Legal Manager, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, 1998–2000

Corporate Lawyer, Wong Partnership, 1997–1998

Magistrate, Subordinate Courts, Singapore, 1995–1996

Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court, Singapore, 1993–1996

Courses Taught in SMU

Legal System, Legal Method and Analysis

Business Law

Ethics and Social Responsibility

Research Areas

Singapore and Southeast Asian Legal Systems

Tort Law

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Gary Chan (2008), "Access to Justice for the Poor: The Singapore Judiciary At Work", Forthcoming in Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal

Gary Chan (2008), "Of Unities and Disunities in Economic Torts: OBG, Douglas and Mainstream", King's Law Journal, 19 (1), 158-168

Gary Chan (2008), "The Relevance and Value of Confucian Ethics in Contemporary Business Ethics", Journal of Business Ethics, 77(3), 347-360

Gary Chan (2007), "Never Say 'Never' for the Truth Can Hurt: Defamatory but True Statements in the Tort of Simple Conspiracy", Melbourne University Law Review, 31 (2), 321-342

Gary Chan (2007), "The Right of Access to Justice: Judicial Discourse in Singapore and Malaysia", Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 2, 24

Gary Chan (2006), "Freezing Injunctions and the Bank's Duty of Care in Negligence", The Tort Law Review, 14(3), 169

Gary Chan (2006), "A Tort Analysis of Group Defamation: Defining and Refining Knuppfer", Torts Law Journal, 14(2), 176

Andrew Phang, Saw Cheng Lim and Gary Chan (2006), "Of Precedent, Theory and Practice - A Case for a Return to Anns", Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 1

Saw Cheng Lim and Gary Chan (2005), "The House of Lords at the Crossroads of Privacy and Confidence", Hong Kong Law Journal, 35

Andrew Phang, Gary Chan and Saw Cheng Lim (2005), "Anns and Junior Books Again? - A View From Singapore", J. of Business Law, (July), 522

Gary Chan (2005), "Intention and Unlawful Means in the Tort of Conspiracy: OCM Opportunities Fund II, LP v. Burhan Uray", Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, (July), 261

Gary Chan (2005), "Judicial Immunity and Independence of Vietnamese Judges: Some Reflections on the Ordinance on Judges and Jurors and the Law on the Organisation of the People's Courts", Australian Journal of Asian Law, 7, (September), 143

Gary Chan (2005), "Koehler v Cerebos (Australia) Ltd: Work Stress and Negligently Inflicted Psychiatric Illnesses", The University of New South Wales Law Journal, 28, 821

Gary Chan (2004), "Re-examining Public Policy: A Case for Conditional Fees in Singapore?", Common Law World Review, 130

Gary Chan (2004), "Statutory Repudiation, Natural Justice and Section 13(2) of the Employment Act", Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 16, 447

Saw Cheng Lim, Gary Chan and Andrew Phang (2004), "A Retreat from Bryan v Maloney in Australia?", Cambridge Law Journal, 549

Gary Chan (2003), "Internet Defamation and Choice of Law in Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick", Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 483