Ying Liew

Professor Ying Liew teaches and researches private law at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, specialising in the law of equity and trusts, the law of assignment, contracts, and remedies. His research has been published in leading international journals, including the Cambridge Law Journal, Law Quarterly Review, Modern Law Review, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Sydney Law Review, UNSW Law Journal, and Melbourne University Law Review, and in several major edited collections. His work has been cited in the UK Supreme Court, the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Courts of India and Sri Lanka, and by various courts in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, Malaysia, and the Cayman Islands. Ying Liew is the author of the monograph Rationalising Constructive Trusts (Hart Publishing 2017), and co-author of the treatise Guest and Liew on the Law of Assignment (fifth edition, Sweet & Maxwell 2024). He is the founder and General Editor of the Asia-Pacific Trusts Law, Asia-Pacific Contracts Law, and Asia-Pacific Property Law book series (Hart Publishing). Three volumes in the Trusts series have been published: Theory and Practice in Context (2021, with Matthew Harding); Adaptation in Context (2022, with Ying-Chieh Wu); Boundaries in Context (2024, with Masayuki Tamaruya). The first volumes of the Contracts series (The Digital World in Context, 2026, with Lusina Ho) and the Property series (Intangibles in Context, 2026, with Kelvin Low) are forthcoming.

At Melbourne Law School, Professor Liew is Co-Director of the Obligations Group, Associate Director (Private Law) of the Asian Law Centre, faculty advisor of the Melbourne University Law Review, Chair of the Student Academic Misconduct Committee, and Advisor for incoming exchange students. From 2026, he will be Associate Dean (International). He is General Editor of the Journal of Equity, External Editor of the Journal of Korean Law, Editorial Advisory Board Member of the Newcastle Law Review, and Advisory Board Member of the LUMS Law Journal. His honors include Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL), Academic Member of the Chancery Bar Association (UK), and full member (TEP) of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He has acted as an expert witness in New Zealand courts and an ICSID arbitration, provided consultation to the Securities Commission of Malaysia and law firms on private law matters, and regularly delivers seminars for legal practitioners in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Previously, he held lectureships at King's College London and University College London, was an examiner for the University of London International Programmes, and has held visiting appointments at the National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, City University of Hong Kong, National Taiwan University, Seoul National University, University of Hong Kong, BPP University, University of London, and University of Nottingham. In 2026, he will be the Kwa Geok Choo Distinguished Visitor at the National University of Singapore.

Professional Email: ying.liew@unimelb.edu.au