Andrew Phang Boon Leong (born 15 December 1957) is a

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an judge in the

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Early life and education

Phang was born in 1957 in Singapore. Phang received his

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(first class honours) from the

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in 1982, before earning his

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and

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from

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in 1984 and 1988 respectively.

Career

Legal academic

Between 1982 and 2000, Phang taught at the

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, and was appointed Professor of Law in 1999. He was appointed Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Law in 2000, and made Chairman of the Department of Law at SMU's

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in 2001. In 2004, together with

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, he was one of the first two legal academics in Singapore to be conferred the title of

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Supreme Court

Phang was appointed Judicial Commissioner in January 2005, Judge of the High Court in December 2005, and Judge of Appeal on 28 February 2006. At 48 years old, he was the youngest person to have been appointed a Judge of Appeal. He is one of the leading authorities in

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in Singapore and the Commonwealth. He was appointed vice-president of the

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with effect from 28 September 2017 following his predecessor Chao Hick Tin's retirement. Phang will retire as a Justice of the Court of Appeal on his 65th birthday on 15 December 2022. He will continue to hear specific cases as a Senior Judge appointed for a fixed term, from 2 January 2023 to 4 January 2024.

Cases

Cases in which Phang sat as a judge include:
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Personal life

Phang's wife is Phang Sock Yong,Andrew B L Phang and Goh Yihan, ''Contract Law in Singapore'' (Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2012) at 5. an economics professor at the Singapore Management University. He has two daughters.

Selected works

Books

* Andrew B.L. Phang & Goh Yihan, ''Contract Law in Singapore'', Kluwer Law International, 2012,

Articles

* "Implied terms in English law — some recent developments" (1993) Journal of Business Law 242 * "The Challenge of Principled Gap Filling — A Study of Implied Terms in a Comparative Context" (2014) Journal of Business Law 263

References

External links

Andrew Phang's CV
on the Supreme Court website {{DEFAULTSORT:Phang, Andrew 1957 births Living people Academics of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law Anglo-Chinese School alumni Singapore Management University School of Law faculty Harvard Law School alumni National University of Singapore alumni Singaporean Judges of Appeal Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean Senior Counsel