{"id":3484,"date":"2020-01-23T16:33:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T08:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp3.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?page_id=3484"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:43:49","slug":"prof-steven-gallagher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/prof-steven-gallagher\/","title":{"rendered":"PROF. STEVEN GALLAGHER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3484\" class=\"elementor elementor-3484\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36efb2c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"36efb2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in-out&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:40,&quot;end&quot;:60}},&quot;background_motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e232e9\" data-id=\"3e232e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4183c20e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4183c20e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abdc78c\" data-id=\"abdc78c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c36672 people_back elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10c36672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/\">&lt;  People<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e45e6ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e45e6ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3eca2d4f\" data-id=\"3eca2d4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eab4 people_name elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1eab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROF. STEVEN GALLAGHER<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdf7c4a people_title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cdf7c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessional Consultant<br\/>\nProfessor of Practice in Law\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb43754 people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb43754\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-da44a19\" data-id=\"da44a19\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Email<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1b7aca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1b7aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Office<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-622e674\" data-id=\"622e674\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264c2f86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"264c2f86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852)\u00a0 3943 1832<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10992e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10992e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 2994 2505<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a687704 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a687704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span><a href=\"mailto:stevegallagher@cuhk.edu.hk\">stevegallagher@cuhk.edu.hk<\/a><a href=\"mailto:wolff@cuhk.edu.hk\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7429594f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7429594f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Room <span>524<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Faculty of Law<\/span><br \/>\n<span>5\/F, Lee Shau Kee Building<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a968ae3 people_content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a968ae3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9321319\" data-id=\"9321319\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae4a62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cae4a62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Steven Gallagher is a Professional Consultant, Professor in Practice of Law (by courtesy), and Associate Dean (Teaching and Student Experience). Steven has taught various aspects of property law in England and Hong Kong. In 2013, Steven introduced the course, Principles of Art, Antiquities, Cultural Heritage and the Law to the LLM programme at CUHK LAW. In 2023, Steven introduced the course, Principles of Digital Technology and Law to the Juris Doctor programme. His academic work includes 10 books, and more than 100 academic articles and other pieces on topics associated with property. For Hong Kong\u2019s professional sector, Steven has contributed chapters and volumes for various professional works including Atkin&#8217;s Court Forms Hong Kong and Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong. He has also presented over 300 professional and academic seminars and conference papers. Steven\u2019s research interests include the law affecting art, antiquities and cultural heritage, Chinese custom and law, legal history, property law, law and technology, and innovative ways to teach law. The latter includes using superhero films for problem based learning, flipped classrooms and digital learning initiatives promoting asynchronous and distance learning. Steven has been widely quoted in newspapers and television reports regarding legal issues involving property law, digital technology and law, and art, cultural heritage and law. In 2023, Steven published the textbook, \u201cDigital Technology and Law\u201d. He is not a technologist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bcf83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72bcf83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b5c72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79b5c72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education<\/li>\n<li>Barrister (Gray\u2019s Inn)<\/li>\n<li>LL.M.<\/li>\n<li>LL.B. (First Class) (University of Wolverhampton)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad7e976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad7e976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50ef2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50ef2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Co-Chief Examiner (Academia) for the Overseas Lawyers Qualifications Examination (OLQE) for 2 years from the 2023 Examination.<\/li> \t\n<li>August 2019 &#8211; Arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Art, The Hague.<\/li>\n \t<li>Pro-bono advice for a number of Hong Kong museums and artists on art and heritage related issues<\/li>\n \t<li>Member, Editorial Committee of the Hong Kong Law Society&#8217;s journal, <em>The Hong Kong Lawyer 2010- 2020\n<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>Consultant for the Department of Justice on the revisions to Hong Kong&#8217;s law of trusts implemented 1 December 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c47cbdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c47cbdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c849d17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c849d17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Law and Technology<\/li>\n<li>Art, Antiquities, Cultural Heritage and the Law<\/li>\n<li>Legal History, particularly the origins of the law of trusts at common law and the incorporation of Chinese custom as law in Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Superheroes and the Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2afb908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2afb908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49973f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b49973f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Books<\/p><ul><li><em>Digital Technology and Law (Hong Kong: Curia Books, June 2023)<\/em><\/li><li><em>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap 7) (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, May 2023).\u00a0 <\/em><\/li><li><em>The Law of Unjust Enrichment in Hong Kong- Second Edition (Hong Kong: Lexisnexis, November 2021).<\/em><\/li><li><em>Protecting Built Heritage in Hong Kong, (Hong Kong: Springer, September 2021).<\/em><\/li><li><em>Equity and Trusts in Hong Kong: Doctrines, Remedies and Institutions<\/em>, Second edition (Hong Kong: Sweet &amp; Maxwell September 2020).<\/li><li><em>The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap 7)<\/em> (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, May 2020).<\/li><li><em>Equity and Trusts: Centuries in the Making.<\/em> In Chinese (China: Law Press, 2018)<\/li><\/ul><p>Practitioner Texts<\/p><ul><li>Halsbury\u2019s Laws of Hong Kong, Volume 50, Trusts &amp; Voluntary Associations. (Hong Kong: LexisNexis, 2020)<\/li><li>2019 Atkin&#8217;s Court Forms Hong Kong<br \/><ul style=\"padding-left: 0; list-style-type: none;\"><li>\u2756 Issue 63 Land Easements<\/li><li>\u2756 Issue 65 Land Mortgages<\/li><li>\u2756 Issue 66 Land Sales<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>Book Chapters<\/p><ul><li>\u201cPro\u0161ek or Prosecco: Intellectual Property or Intangible Cultural Heritage?\u201d In <em>Wine Law and Policy From National Terroirs to a Global Market<\/em>, edited by Julien Chaisse, Fernando Dias Sim\u00f5es and Danny Friedmann, chapter 22. (Boston, USA: Brill Publishers, 2020).<\/li><li>\u201cTrusts and charitable donations to museums: should museums sell their collections?\u201d In <em>Trust patrimoni artistici e collezioni-Trusts artistic estates and collections,<\/em> edited by Marta Cenini (Italia, Agosto: CEDAM, Wolters Kluwer, September 2019)<\/li><li>With Mark Hsiao. \u201cThe Concept of the Trust in Common Law and Civil Law and its Impact on Structured Finance\u201d. In <em>Structured Finance and Securitisation in Asia<\/em>, edited by Kingsley Ong and Chee Keong LOW (Hong Kong: Thomson Reuters, November 2018).<\/li><\/ul><p>Policy Briefs<\/p><ul><li>For \u201cTop Global New Think Tank\u201d, Antiquities Coalition: \u201cHow to Successfully Fight the Illicit Trade in Stolen Art and Antiquities in Asia? Remove an Antiquated English Law from Hong Kong\u2019s Legal System\u201d (December 2018)<\/li><\/ul><ul><\/ul><p>Journal Articles<\/p><ul><li>With Lin Siyi, and Lutz-Christian Wolff. \u201cThe History of a Mystery: The Evolution of the Law of Unjust Enrichment in Germany, England and China.\u201d (2020) 3(2) <em>Cardozo International Comparative, Policy &amp; Ethics Law Review<\/em>, 337-381.<\/li><li>\u201cShipwrecks, Treasure Hunters, Chinese Porcelain: the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage\u201d (2019) September\/ October, <em>Orientations<\/em><\/li><li>\u201c\u2018Purchased in Hong Kong\u2019: Is Hong Kong the Best Place to Buy Stolen or Looted Antiquities?\u2019 (2017) 24(4) <em>International<\/em> <em>Journal of Cultural Property,<\/em> pp. 479-496.<\/li><li><em>\u201cMarket Overt<\/em> in Hong Kong: A \u2018Legal Absurdity\u2019\u201d. (2016) 47(8) <em>Orientations<\/em>.<\/li><li>\u2018Confusing Criminal and Civil law: when may a hospital refuse to release a dead body?\u2019 (2014) 22 <em>The Journal of Law &amp; Medicine<\/em> 387- 397.<\/li><li>\u2018Placing your trust: a comparison of special trusts jurisdictions\u2019 (2014) <em>China Business Law Journal<\/em> 5(8) (September), 51-57.<\/li><li>\u2018Trust in HK: Changes to trust law have mainland appeal\u2019, <em>China Business Law Journal<\/em> (2013) 4 (9), 51-55.<\/li><li>\u2018The Presumption of Advancement in Hong Kong\u2019, <em>The Hong Kong Lawyer<\/em>, November 2011, 14-25.<\/li><li>\u2018Museums and Human Remains: an Equitable Solution\u2019 (2010) 17 <em>International Journal of Cultural Property<\/em> 65-86<em>.<\/em><\/li><li>\u2018Raising the Dead: Exhumation and the Faculty Jurisdiction: should we presume to exhume? [2010] 1 <em>Web Journal of Current Legal Issues<\/em><\/li><li>\u2018Protecting the Dead: Exhumation and the Ministry of Justice\u2019- <em>[2008] 5 Web Journal of Current Legal Issues<\/em><\/li><li>With Frederick Cosgrove-Gibson, \u2018The Justice of Exhumation\u2019, <em>New Law Journal<\/em>, January 2008.<\/li><\/ul><p>Books Edited<\/p><ul><li><em>Shared Heritage: Management of British Warship Wrecks Overseas<\/em> (Swindon: English Heritage publication, January 2010)<\/li><\/ul><p>Web resources<\/p><ul><li><em><\/em>September 2021- YouTube Channel: art, antiquities, cultural heritage and the law<\/li><li>Editor and Publisher \u201cThe Art and Heritage Issues in Asia Journal\u201d (formerly \u201cThe Art and Heritage Crime in Asia Daily\u201d) since October 2018.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a35ede6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a35ede6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8443c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8443c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>6 September 2023, \u201cPreventing Illicit Trade in China\u2019s Cultural Heritage in the Greater Bay Area by Harmonizing Policy and Law\u201d, CUHK LAW GBA Forum 2023 Online Seminar<\/li><li>6 July 2023,\u00a0 \u201cFeng Shui, and Ancestor Veneration as a Business in the Hong Kong Metaverse\u201d, CUHK Law and University of Manchester Conference Web3 Governance: Law and Policy<\/li><li>21June 2023,\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBarangay Justice\u201d,\u00a0 Third Asian Legal History Conference, CUHK<\/li><li>1 March 2023: \u201cThe Knights Templar and the Origins of the Common Law of Trusts\u201d Property Law seminar for CUHK LAW.<\/li><li>15 December 2022, \u201cDirections in Virtual Teaching and Learning the Law\u201d, co-presented with Professor Michael Lower and Dr Jenny Chan.<\/li><li><\/li><li>\u201cThe Protection of Built Heritage in Hong Kong\u201d, seminar for CUHK Law\u2019s Greater China Legal History seminar series. 16 September 2022<\/li><li>Invited Panel Member for the Kingdom of Cambodia \u2013 The International Conference on Cultural Property Protection. \u00a05 September 2022.<\/li><li>\u201cNFTs: The Future or the End of Art?\u201d, 14th IP Conference: Digital Innovations and Intangible Assets, CUHK LAW. \u00a029 July 2022,<\/li><li>\u201cBlue and White Gold and the Great Asian Shipwreck Hunters\u201d, the 2nd Asian Regional Workshop on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. 21 July2022.<\/li><li>\u201cForeign Law Trusts in Hong Kong\u201d, with Richard Grasby for Appleby Hong Kong. 20 July 2022.<\/li><li>\u201cDigital Property and Probate\u201d for the Law Society of Hong Kong with Peter Tsang. 20 July 2022.<\/li><li>\u201cToppling Statues and Changing Names: Should the Law Protect Embarrassing or Awkward Heritage?\u201d for the University of Geneva Summer School on International Cultural Heritage Law.13 July 2022.<\/li><li>paper at \u201cDirections in Legal Education\u201d, 4th international conference on legal education in Hong Kong, CUHK LAW, on Superheroes and the Law. 11 July 2022.<\/li><li>invited presentation for the Department of Justice\u2019s Mediation Conference 2022, on \u201cArt in the Metaverse: Digital Art, Digital Assets, Crypto Assets, FTs and NFTS\u201d. 6 May 2022.<\/li><li>CUHK LAW\u2019s Property Law Seminar Series. \u201cCan you destroy your Sex Pistols memorabilia. 16 March 2022.<\/li><li>Invited seminar for Department of Property &amp; Registration Law of the Institute of Comparative Law, University of Tehran:\u00a0 Informal Interest in Land in Hong Kong. 7 March 2022.<\/li><li>Teaching &amp; Learning seminar for CUHK Law on legal writing with Professor Michael Lower and Professor Mara Malagodi. 9 February 2022<\/li><li>Invited seminar for the Hong Kong Family Law Association on the subject of customary marriage in Hong Kong. 26 January 2022<\/li><li>Invited by the American Bar Association International Law Section\u2019s Art and Cultural Heritage Committee to present a book talk on \u201cProtecting Built Heritage in Hong Kong\u201d. 8\/9 December 2021<\/li><li>paper on The Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Regime of Hong Kong at the Asian Regional Workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage organized by the Dalian Maritime University. 2 December 2021.<\/li><li>invited to join a panel of experts to talk about \u201cNon-fungible Tokens, Art and Law\u201d at the Hong Kong Design Institute NFT Forum 2021. 29 November 2021<\/li><li>UNSW Legal Education Research Conference describing the development of the greater China Legal History Seminar Series and the risks, challenges and opportunities of going online. 26 November 2021.<\/li><li>CUHK T&amp;L seminar: Teaching law through superhero films. 27 October 2021<\/li><li>Friends of the CUHK Art Museum \u201cArt Fraud &amp; Fakes: Don\u2019t be a Victim!\u201d 27 October 2021<\/li><li>With Ian Morley. \u201cThe Jack the Ripper murders and why they captured the public imagination in 1888 and retain it in 2021.\u201d CUHK LAW Seminar- Jack the Ripper, The first media serial killer. 22 October 2021<\/li><li>CUHK CLEAR Expo, \u201cThe Avengers and the Law: Using Superhero Films to Assist Law Students in Transitioning and Developing their Learning Skills for University Studies \u201c29 July 2021.<\/li><li>Paper at the Australasian Law Academics Association Conference online on 6 Jul 2021, entitled \u201cLaw and History for Continuing Legal Education as a Vision of \u2018Boldness\u2019: The initial impetus for and changing face of, the Greater China Legal History Seminar Series\u201d.<\/li><li>\u2018The Common Law option not to perform\u2019, CUHK LAW Conference \u201cPacta Sunt Servanda in Changing Times\u201d. 25 June 2021.<\/li><li>\u201cThe Legal Issues in Acquiring, Maintaining and Disposing of Collections\u201d for The Oriental Ceramics Society of Hong Kong. 8 April 2021<\/li><li>\u201cToppling Statues and Changing Names \u2013 Does the Law Protect Embarrassing or Awkward Heritage in Hong Kong?\u201d 22 January 2021. Greater China Legal History Seminar Series. CUHK LAW.<\/li><li>\u201cMitigating fiduciary obligations &#8211; how far can (and should) a trustee go?\u201d The Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) regional conference. 17 November 2020<\/li><li>\u2018Equity and the Enforcement of Informal Land Contracts: Part II\u2019 with Prof. Alice Lee &amp; Prof. Michael Lower. CUHK LAW Property Law Seminar Series. 11 November 2020<\/li><li>\u201cThe great porcelain wreck treasures and China\u2019s development of law and policy to identify and protect underwater cultural heritage along the Maritime Silk Road: evidence of \u201cChina\u2019s peaceful rise\u201d or reaction to perceived renewed colonial humiliation?\u201d International Conference Heritage Conservation along the Belt and Road Zones: Between Politics and Professionalism, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, 23 October 2020<\/li><li>\u2018Equity and the Enforcement of Informal Land Contracts\u2019 with Prof. Alice Lee &amp; Prof. Michael Lower. CUHK LAW Property Law Seminar Series. 7 October 2020<\/li><li>\u2018Toms v Ruberry: when can a CPO s. 58 notice be served?\u2019 &amp; \u2018Gift, Sale, or Presumption of Resulting Trust?\u2019 with Prof. Michael Lower. CUHK LAW Property Law Seminar Series. 23 September 2020<\/li><li>\u201cPro\u0161ek or Prosecco: Intellectual Property or Intangible Cultural Heritage?\u201d The 12th IP Conference-Technology and Legal Frontiers in Global Pandemics. 31 July 2020.<\/li><li>\u2018Law and History for Continuing Legal Education?\u2019 CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2019\/20 28 \u2013 30 July 2020.<\/li><li>\u201cToppled Statues and Monuments: Perspectives on the Global Movement Confronting Heritage\u201d. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London. Online seminar. co-organised webinar with BIICL. 16 July 2020.<\/li><li>\u201cUnjust Enrichment and Equity\u201d. Presented at \u201cUnjust Enrichment in Asia\u201d, CUHK LAW, 26 June 2020.<\/li><li>\u201cLaw and History for Continuing Legal Education? Amazing Evidence from Hong Kong\u201d. \u201cDirections in Legal Education\u201d, 3rd international conference on legal education in Hong Kong, CUHK LAW. 18-20 June 2020<\/li><li>\u201cSham and Illusory Trusts: do we need the common law doctrine of sham in the law of trusts?\u201d CUHK LAW Property Law Seminar Series. 22 April 2020<\/li><li>\u201cChinese Shipwrecks and the Law of Treasure Hunting\u201d, Class Acts for the Chinese University of Hong Kong,1 April 2020.<\/li><li>\u201cCollectors and Collections of Chinese Art and Antiquities: Problems with Gifts, Trusts and Legacies\u201d- CUHK LAW Greater China Legal History Seminar Series. 3 April 2020<\/li><li>\u201cMiddle Eastern Antiquities for Sale in Asia: a new market and a new trafficking route?\u201d Law, Culture and Human Rights in Asia and the Middle East Conference. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London. 14 February 2020<\/li><li>\u201cLaw and History for Continuing Legal Education? Amazing Evidence from Hong Kong\u201d. ANZLH Annual Conference, Melbourne. 13 December 2019<\/li><li>&#8220;Issues in Art &amp; Law: A Collector\u2019s Legacy from Donation to Deaccession?&#8221; Asia Week at Bonham\u2019s Auctioneers Hong Kong. 3 December 2019<\/li><li>\u201cChinese Shipwrecks, Treasure Hunters and the History of Underwater Cultural Heritage Regimes&#8221;. The Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong. 24 May 2019<\/li><li>\u201cSham and Illusory Trusts and Professional Trustees\u201d. 28 November 2019, to the Hong Kong Trustees Association at Deacons Hong Kong.<\/li><li>&#8220;Chinese Shipwrecks, Treasure Hunters and the History of Underwater Cultural Heritage Regimes&#8221;. CUHK LAW Greater China Legal History Seminar Series. 22 February 2019<\/li><li>\u201cShipwrecks, Treasure and the Law\u201d. Invited CPD seminar to shipping firm Lau, Horton &amp; Wise LLP in Association with CMS Hong Kong. 2 November 2018<\/li><li>\u201cIs international Law Protecting Asia\u2019s Cultural Heritage?\u201d 3rd SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archeology, Bangkok, Thailand. 21 June 2018<\/li><li>\u201cThe History of a Mystery: The Development of the Law of Unjust Enrichment in Hong Kong, China and Germany\u201d. With Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff, and Ms. Siyi Lin. CUHK LAW Greater China Legal History Seminar Series. 2 February 2018<\/li><li>\u201c<em>Civil evidence and presumptions: when is a gift a trust?\u201d,<\/em> CUHK LAW Property Law Seminar Series 10 &amp; 17 January 2018.<\/li><li>\u201cThe Embarrassing Dead: trying to forget the dead in Hong Kong\u201d, Centre for Death and Society Conference 2017, &#8216;Death at the Margins of the State&#8217;. 9-10 June, 2017<\/li><li>\u201cThe Lost Dead of China: why does Hong Kong retain the unowned and unclaimed dead from the Chinese diaspora of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries?\u201d Society for American Archaeology conference, Vancouver, Canada (29 March-2 April 2017)<\/li><li>\u201cThe illegality defence: the new approach in Patel v Mirza\u201d. With Professor Michael Lower. Faculty of Law, CUHK, 16 March 2017.<\/li><li>\u201c\u2018China\u2019s spoiled children!\u2019 How special laws and privileges were incorporated into the law of Hong Kong for the indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories and why this may have made them among the most (openly) resented indigenous peoples in the world\u2019. 35th Annual Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society Conference. 05 December 2016<\/li><li>\u201cDeath and Taxes- some things never change: considering the use of uses in medieval England and the use of trusts in modern Hong Kong\u201d. Invited presentation to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Hong Kong Annual Meeting. 30 November, 2016<\/li><li>\u201cPrecious Objects: the case for a legal ivory trade in Hong Kong\u201d, Art, Antiquities, Heritage and Wildlife Crime in SE Asia Conference, the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 22 October 2016<\/li><li>\u201cThe Business of Death in Hong Kong: regulating unauthorised land use while recognising Chinese custom and Chinese customary law in Hong Kong\u2019s law of the dead.\u201d Death and Culture Conference University of York, England. 1-3 September 2016.<\/li><li>\u201cIs Hong Kong still the best place to buy illicitly obtained art and antiquities from Southeast Asia?\u201d The 2<sup>nd<\/sup> SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archeology, Bangkok, Thailand. 30 May-2 June 2016<\/li><li><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Chinese Customary Law as Cultural Heritage?\u201d Seminar as part of the Chinese Customary Law seminar series, The Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 23 March 2016<\/li><li>\u201cLosing our heritage: can the law in Hong Kong protect cultural heritage?\u201d invited presentation at the National University of Singapore, <em>Cultural Heritage Law and the Built Heritage<\/em>, 17 and 18 March, 2016.<\/li><li>\u201cThe Curious Case of Chinese Customary Trusts in Hong Kong: Uncertain Past, but Bright Future?\u201d 20 November 2015. Second seminar series \u201cChinese Customary Law in Hong Kong\u201d at the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.<\/li><li><em>\u201c<\/em>Cultural Heritage Law and Chinese Cultural Heritage<em>\u201d<\/em> for the <em>Digital Cultural Heritage, China<\/em> Conference at the China Centre, University of Oxford with Peking University, 30 September \u2013 2 October 2015.<\/li><li>&#8220;One Culture, Two Systems: Changing Attitudes to Cultural Heritage Protection and Illicit Smuggling in Hong Kong and China\u201d (With Toby Bull, Senior Inspector, Hong Kong Police). Art Crime Conference, Amelia, Umbria, Italy, 27 June 2015.<\/li><li>\u201cThe horns of a dilemma: The Court\u2019s choice between the spouse and creditors when considering resulting trusts.\u201d The Hong Kong Family Law Association, 12 May 2015.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3dd476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3dd476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">CONFERENCES ORGANISED<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4bf9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a4bf9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>co-organised the <em>2nd Asian Regional Workshop on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage<\/em> with Professor Sarah Ward, Dalian Maritime University. 21 &amp; 22 July2022<\/li>\n<li><em>Directions in Legal Education<\/em>, 4th international conference on legal education in Hong Kong, CUHK LAW. 10 &amp; 11 July 2022.<\/li>\n<li>co-organized <em>Asian Regional Workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage<\/em> with Professor Sarah Ward, Dalian Maritime University. 2 December 2021<\/li>\n<li><em>Jack the Ripper, The first media serial killer<\/em>. Co-organised with professor Ian Morley. 22 October 2021.<\/li>\n<li><em>Directions in Legal Education.<\/em> 3<sup>rd<\/sup> international conference on legal education in Hong Kong. CUHK LAW. 18-20 June 2020<\/li>\n<li><em>Art, Antiquities, Heritage and<\/em> <em>Wildlife<\/em> <em>Crime in SE Asia<\/em>. 22 October 2016<\/li>\n<li><em>Directions in Legal Education<\/em>. CUHK LAW. 3- 4 June 2016<\/li>\n<li><em>Magna Carta and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong<\/em>. Organised for the three Hong Kong law schools to commemorate the 800<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. 31 October 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9322cde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9322cde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">AWARDS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e320d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e320d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>CUHK LAW Teaching Excellence Award 2021-22<\/li>\n<li>The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Exemplary Teaching Award 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f8aa3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f8aa3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">OCCASIONAL REVIEWER<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d36471f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d36471f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>International Journal of Cultural Policy<\/li>\n<li>International Journal of Cultural Property<\/li>\n<li>Art, Antiquity and the Law<\/li>\n<li>China-EU Law Journal<\/li>\n<li>Hong Kong Law Journal<\/li>\n<li>The Singapore Law Review<\/li>\n<li>International Journal of Law in Context<\/li>\n<li>Asia Pacific Law Review<\/li>\n<li>Ocean and Coastal Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e194465 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e194465\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45b08b66\" data-id=\"45b08b66\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1404bd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a1404bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; People PROF. 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