Catherine Tay Swee Kian

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1 1 Catherine Tay Swee Kian Contact Details tel: (65) (D) mobile tel: (65) or Catherine Tay Swee Kian is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. A/Prof Tay is also a barrister-at-law (of Lincoln s Inn, United Kingdom). She is an Associate Professorial Fellow lecturing law at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School. A/Prof Tay is also a consultant of the law firm of Bernard & Rada Law Corp. A/Prof Tay studied law at Queen Mary College, University of London and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 1977 and with a Master of Laws in 1979, in which she specialised in Company, Shipping, Insurance and Marine Insurance Laws. She was called to the English Bar by Lincoln s Inn in She did her pupillage under the Honourable Lady Mary Hogg in London and returned to Singapore in the law firm of Rodyk & Davidson. A/Prof Tay won the Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par Memorial Prize for the overall best student in 1980 during her postgraduate practical law course in Singapore. She was called to the Singapore Bar in A/Prof Tay is a member of the National Healthcare Group Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Domain Specific Review Board tasked to review the scientific and ethical aspects of research protocols since She is also a member of the Centralised Institutional Review Board (IRB), Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd tasked to review clinical protocols for human subject experimentation. She was a member of SingHealth Polyclinics IRB since A/Prof Tay was also a member of the Research & Ethics Committee of Alexandra Hospital. She was also the medical-legal adviser of the Institute of Mental Health / Woodbridge Hospital. A/Prof Tay was a

2 2 member of the panel for lay persons for the National Transplant Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health. A/Prof is the Honourable Legal Advisor for Singapore Optometric Association, as well as for the Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists. She is an adjunct lecturer at Institute of System Science, NUS in IT outsourcing contracts. She lectures also at the NUS Extension in professional and management law courses. A/Prof Tay currently supervises medical students in electives on Medical legal & ethical issues and the Setting up of clinical practice for 3 rd and 4 th year medical students at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. She lectures the Medical law & Ethics module course for University of Manchester at Singapore Polytechnic. A/Prof Tay also lectures at the Alice School of Nursing in NUS. She also lectures nursing students in nursing law and ethics at the Nanyang Polytechnic. She has lectured medical law and biomedical ethics in the NUS Faculty of Dentistry for more than 10 years. A/Prof Tay was the external examiner on medical law ethics at the Hong Kong University, Law Faculty. She is an examiner on law subjects for a number of professional bodies and universities in Singapore and overseas. A/Prof Tay is an author of several law books, including the latest book which she co-authored with haematologist A/Prof (Dr.) Tien Sim Leng, Senior Consultant from Singapore General Hospital. Her other law books include: Company Formation Practice Manual (1983, Malayan Law Journal) Bankruptcy - The Law & Practice (1984, Butterworths) Judicial Management (1987, Malayan Law Journal) A Law Handbook for Businessmen (1990, Print & Publish) Directors Duties & Liabilities including Insider Trading (1985, Times Books International) ; Your Rights as a Consumer - A Guide to Sale of Goods, Hire- Purchase and Small Claims Tribunal (1986, Times Books International)

3 3 Contract Law including E-Commerce Law (1987, Times Books International) Hotel and Catering Law (1992, SNP Publishers Pte Ltd) Investing in Stocks and Shares (1993, Specialist Press) How to Write a Will? (2003, Big Publications Pte Ltd) How to Collect Your Debts? - A Guide to Bankruptcy Law (1994, SNP Publishers Pte Ltd) Buying and Selling Your Property - An Essential Guide to the Singapore Property Market (1994, Times Books International) Investing in HDB Property (1995, Times Books International) Investing in Real Estate (1996, Longman Singapore Publishers Pte Ltd) Copyright and The Protection of Designs (1997, SNP Publishers Pte Ltd) A Guide to Protecting Your Ideas, Inventions, Trade Marks & Products (1997, Times Books International) Resolving Disputes by Arbitration (1998, Singapore University Press) E-Commerce Law (2000, Times Books International) Medical Negligence (2001, Times Books International) Know Your Rights Employment Law (2002, Times Books International) Infectious Diseases Law & SARS (2003, Times Books International) Slim Chance Fat Hope (2004, World Scientific Publishing)

4 4 * Medico-Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine & Family Practice: Case Scenarios (McGraw-hill) * Medico-Legal and Ethical Issues in Eye Care: Case Scenarios for Optometrists, Opticians, Ophthalmologists (McGraw-hill) * Medico-Legal and Ethical Issues in Cardiology and General Medicine : Case Scenarios (McGraw-hill) * Biomedical Ethics and Medical Law in Blood Transfusion Practice: Case Scenarios (Armour Publishing) In February 1984 and July 1986, A/Prof Tay made representations to the Parliamentary Select Committee on the recent Companies (Amendment) Bills 1984 and 1986.

5 A/Prof Tay has contributed and published legal articles in established international peer-reviewed journals, such as BIOETHICS; the Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine; the (United Kingdom) Journal of Business Law, (UK) Business Law Review; the (United Kingdom) Company Lawyer and the (United Kingdom) Insolvency Law & Practice, (United Kingdom) Tolley s Professional Negligence, (United Kingdom) Tottel s Professional Negligence, the Singapore Dental Journal (a journal published by Singapore Dental Association) and the APLAR Journal of Rheumatology. A/Prof Tay also contributes to high-quality legal publications of local importance and relevance such as The Malayan Law Journal, the Securities Industry Review, the Singapore Management Review and The Singapore Law Gazette, an official publication of The Law Society of Singapore as well as The New Gazette (the official publication of The Law Society of Hong Kong). Another legal article on Informed Consent to Medical Treatment is published in the Singapore Medical Association monthly newsletter and the National Skin Centre s monthly newsletter. A/Prof Tay was a committee member of the editorial board of the Singapore Accountant Journal, Journal of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the (United Kingdom) The Company Lawyer. She was on the Board of Overseas Editors for the (United Kingdom) Journal of Financial Crime, an official publication of the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. She was a member of the editorial board of the Singapore Polytechnic Graduate Guild Journal. She has presented several papers at many conferences and seminars on Business Law, Medical law, Company and Insolvency Laws both overseas and in Singapore. She conducts in-house seminars for hospitals, banks, statutory boards, hotels, commercial firms and companies, clubs and associations. A/Prof Tay lectures on medical law & biomedical ethics, contract law management and administration and service level agreements in hospitals such as Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Heart Centre, National Skin Centre, National Health-care Group College, Changi General Hospital, Toa Payoh Hospital, SingHealth Polyclinics in Tampines, Bedok, and Marine Parade; Alexandra Hospital, National University Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health / Woodbridge, Changi General Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat hospital including the Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and the National Health-Care Group College. She 5

6 has lectured in seminars and workshops in medical ethics and law in February 2000 organised by Singapore Dental Association (SDA) Ethics Committee where No. of CDE points accredited : 4. In March 2003, she was an invited speaker at the Third ASEAN Conference in Primary Health Care organised by the Perak Medical Practitioners Society in Ipoh, Malaysia. She lectured on The Role of Ethics Committee in Singapore in the Singapore Good Clinical Practice Programme Basic GCP (Clinical Trials Management Course) organised by Faculty of Medicine, NUS. A/Prof Tay was the supervisor in which her medical student won the Medical Student Award winner in the Special Study Module 2001 at the NUS Faculty of Medicine for the topic on Genetics, Privacy and the Law. A scientific poster co-authored by A/Prof Tay and Assoc Prof (Dr) Giam Yoke Chin, a National Skin Centre senior consultant dermatologist, won the Best Poster Award in the Allied Sciences Section during the National Healthcare Group (NHG) Annual Scientific Congress 2004 (9 11 October 2004). The abstract has been published in a supplement issue of Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, a peer reviewed and indexed medical journal. This abstract was independently reviewed, graded and ranked by at least two reviewers to ensure that the abstract was of scientific merit. A/Prof Tay was a legal consultant appearing on many television segments produced by the then Television Corporation of Singapore. She speaks on legal subjects on Media Corp radio weekly. She has co-hosted a weekly talk show In the Eyes of the Law on NTUC RadioHeart. A/Prof Tay was a consultant to Media Corp television series on consumer laws What s Your Case on TV Channel 5, which was aired during prime time Friday weekly. She was a member of the Board of Advisors of the Arena Country Club. A/Prof Tay participates actively in several professional and charitable organisations for which she has received several titles and awards including the titles Miss Singapore-International Charity Queen at the beauty pageant in 1990 and 1991 and Miss Singapore-World University Charity Queen in She was a committee member of the Advice and Referral Service in the Singapore Council of Women s Organisation. In , she was the President of the Business and Professional Women s Association, Singapore. In March 1992, A/Prof Tay was a nominee for the Women of the Year Award. In May 1994, she received the Paul Harris Fellow Award from Rotary International in recognition of her community service. 6

7 Selected Publications Peer-reviewed Journal Articles 1. New Developments in Casino Gaming Business: Singapore s Approach to Responsible Gambling: (United Kingdom) Business Law Review, May 2009, Vol. 30, No. 5, pages Recent Developments in Labour Laws in Singapore: (United Kingdom) Business Law Review, February 2009, Vol. 30, No. 2 pages Electronic Business Communications: New Spamming Laws for Singapore: (United Kingdom) Business Law Review, February 2008, Vol. 29, No. 2 pages Prosecution or Sustainability?: Can Singapore Businesses Ignore their Safety Responsibilities under New Workplace Safety and Health Laws? (United Kingdom) Business Law Review, February 2007, Vol. 28, No.2 pages New Developments in Competition Law in Singapore, (United Kingdom) Business Law Review, May 2006, Vol. 27, No. 5 pages Medical Ethics of Informed Consent: A Survey of Medical Professionals in Singapore, with Dr Giam Yoke Chin, Dr EST Tan, Dr M Chio, Dr Goh Chee Leok and YH Chan, (United Kingdom) Tottel s Journal of Professional Negligence, December 2006, Volume 22, No.4 pages Recent Developments in Informed Consent: the Basis of Modern Medical Ethics, APLAR Journal of Rheumatology, pages , December 2005, Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology. 8. New Developments in Duty of care: The Singapore Approach to Negligence in Product Liability after the Slim 10 case, Business Law Review, pages , May 2005 (United Kingdom). 9. Biomedical Technology in Progress with Responsibility, BIOETHICS, 19,3: , June Professional Negligence and Medical Professional Privilege: Impact of D v Kong Sim Guan, Tolley s Journal of Professional Negligence, Vol 20, No.1, 33-40, 2004 (United Kingdom). 11. Infectious Diseases Law and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Medical and Legal Responses and Implications: The Singapore Experience, APLAR Journal of Rheumatology, Vol 7, No.2, page , 2004 (Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology) Australia. 7

8 12. Understanding the Basic Elements of Informed Consent: A Survey of Medical Professional, Academy of Medicine, supplement issue of Annals, October 2004, page S Biomedical Technology in Progress with Responsibility: An Ethical Legal Social Review of Human Stem Cell Research, Therapeutic and Reproductive Cloning in Singapore, Academy of Medicine, supplement issue of Annals, October 2004, page S Is there a doctor on-board? Medical liability during in-flight emergencies, with Dr F Lateef and Dr N Nimbkar, Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, July 2003, Vol 10 No. 3 (Hong Kong). 15. Standard of Dental Care - Ambit of the Bolam Test, Singapore Dental Journal, Vol 25, No. 1, July Management of retrenchment with Responsibility: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices in Singapore, with Eugene Tan Sern Ting, Management Development Journal of Singapore, Vol. 11, No. 1, 59-64, Interpretation of the Bolam Test in the Standard of Medical Care: Impact of the Gunapathy Case and Beyond, Tolley s Journal of Profesional Negligence, 19, No.2, 2003 (United Kingdom). 18. Scripless Trading in Singapore, with Ravi Chandran, The Journal of Business Law, , March, 1996 (United Kingdom). 19. Recent Developments Insider Trading Laws, with Ravi Chandran, The Company Lawyer, 16, No. 6, June 1995 (United Kingdom). 20. Disqualification of Directors of insolvent Companies under the new Singapore Law, Insolvency Law & Practice, 4, No. 2, 45-46, 1988 (United Kingdom). 21. Judicial Management Procedure in Singapore company Law, The Journal of Business Law, , 1988 (United Kingdom). 22. Recent Developments in Insider Trading Laws in Singapore, The Journal of Business Law, , 1986 (united Kingdom). 23. Recent Developments in Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights in Singapore, Insolvency Law & Practice, 2, No. 4, , 1986 (United Kingdom). 24. Recent Developments in Insider Trading Regulation, The Company Lawyer, 7, No. 6, , 1986 (United Kingdom). 8

9 Membership and Professional Activities - Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore. - Member, Law Society of Singapore. - Barrister-at-Law, The Honourable Society of Lincoln s Inn, United Kingdom. - Medical Legal Advisor, Institute of Mental Health /Woodbridge Hospital. - Member, Asean Law Association. - Member, Medico-Legal Society of Singapore. - Member, National Healthcare Group Domain-Specific review Board (Ethics Committee / Institutional Review Board) reviewing scientific and ethical aspects of clinical research protocols. - Member, Research & Ethics Committee of Alexandra Hospital - Member, SingHealth Polyclinics Institutional Review Board / Ethics Committee (since 2003). - Member, Singapore Hypertension Society. - Member, Singapore Academy of Law. - Honorary Legal Adviser of the Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists. - Honorary Legal Adviser of Singapore Optometric Association. 9 Consultation and Executive Experience - Consultancy work on in-house seminars for banks, statutory boards, hotels, companies and clubs - Examiner on law subjects for a number of professional bodies in Singapore and overseas - Legal consultant for television segments for Television Corporation of Singapore and MediaCorp Radio & TV - Legal consultant to ABN Bank, Singapore Legal consultant to Institute of System Science, NUS in information technology contracts - Part-time lecturer, NUS Faculty of Dentistry in medical ethics (since 1999) - Lecturer, NUS Faculty of Dentistry for Graduate Programme Management in Law in the Practice of Dentistry & Ethics - Supervisor in electives on medical law ethics in Special Study Module at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (first year medical students from 2000 to 2004)

10 - Supervisor in Business Law, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine 3 rd & 4 th year medical students) Feb Chief Editor, Management Development Journal of Singapore, Program Director and Program Instructor, Singapore-Commonwealth Advanced Seminar for Chief Executives, Member of Advisory Committee on Exhibitions of Singapore Science Centre - External Examiner at The University of Hong Kong for the LLB LLAW3040 Medico-Legal Issues examination (3 academic years from to Selected Invited Conference Speaker - Invited conference speaker on ethical issues on embryonic human stem cell research and therapeutic cloning at life science conference organised by Indian Medical Council of Research in Mumbai, India, September Invited speaker to medical doctors on medical ethics at the University Sains Malaysia, Kota Bahru, Malaysia, May Gave lectures to medical doctors on medical law at the UKM hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December Invited conference speaker on Corporate Social Responsibility at Companies Secretaries Forum 2006, organised by Asia Business Forum at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, July Invited speaker on Role of Ethics Committee / Institutional Review Board and Informed Consent including Key Legal Issues in Clinical Trials and Collaborations at the Singapore Good Clinical Practice Programme, Basic GCP Course organised by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore - Invited speaker on Employment Relations and Labour Law at Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies - Invited speaker on Pharmaceutical Injury Law and Product Liability Laws at the Singapore Good Clinical Practice Programme, Advanced GCP (Pharmacovigilance) Course organised by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 28 July Invited speaker on Workplace, Safety and Health Laws at Singapore Manufacturers Federation (SMA) conference on A local & Global

11 Perspective on Workplace Safety & Health Prosecution or Sustainability, 12 July 2006, Meritus Mandarin Hotel, Singapore - Invited Speaker on Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at The Asia Business Forum conference on Performance Management & Measurement Excellence for Government 2007, 8-9 February 2007, Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore. - Invited Speaker, at national conference at 6 th GCP Annual Update: Thailand Towards Center of Clinical Trials: Assuring Success in an Increasingly Competitive R & D Environment, organised by the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Association, Thai Food and Drug Administration, and The Medical Council of Thailand August 2006, Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok - Invited Speaker, at Life Science conference on Biomedical Ethics in Embryonic Stem Cell Research and therapeutic Cloning organised by Kunming Medical College and Department of Anatomy of NUS Faculty of Medicine. Kunming, China 2 4 December Invited Speaker, at Sanofi-Aventis medical conference supported by Malaysia Academy of Medicine on Updates on Medical Negligence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 August Invited Speaker, on Intellectual Property Rights at Biotechnology Conference organised by Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation, September 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - Invited Speaker, at a conference on Legal Issues in Clinical Trials and Product Liability of Dangerous Medicines organised by Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Association (PREMA) in Bangkok, Thailand November Invited Speaker, Scientific Symposium on Emergency Medicine Innovations and Technologies in Emergency Medicine, Hong Kong organised by Hong Kong Academy of Medicine October Invited Speaker, at Medico-legal Seminar in Ipoh, Malaysia organised by Malaysian Medical Association. 1 st - 2 nd March Invited conference speaker on Product Liability Laws in Best Practices & Tools in Managing Food Safety Conference organised by Asia Business Forum, April 2009 at Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. - Invited conference speaker on Ethical and Medico-legal Issues surrounding Willing-a-Body Donation in the Proceedings of the International Anatomical Sciences and Cell Biology Conference 11

12 organised by Department of Anatomy, National University of Singapore and Singapore Neuroscience Association May Invited Speaker on Chest Pain Evaluation in Emergency Room in the Medico-Legal Track Session, International Conference for Emergency Medicine (ICEM) 2010, Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore, 9 12 June Invited Speaker on Medico-Legal Issues in pre-conference workshop and main conference on 7 th ASEAN Conference on Primary Health Care organised by the Perak Medical Practitioners Society, Ipoh, Malaysia, March Invited Speaker on How to Obtain a Valid Informed Consent for Blood Transfusion at 19 th SGH Blood Transfusion Seminar on New Challenges in Transfusion at Singapore General Hospital Deck on 9, Block 6, level 9. - Invited Speaker on Ethical and Medico-legal Issues in Laboratory Medicine: in 3 rd International Scientific Seminar on A New Phase & A New Face in Clinical Diagnosis organised by Sysmex, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore 18 & 19 August Invited Speaker on Informed Consent for Ophthalmologists organised by College of Ophthalmologists, Academy of Medicine at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, 29 February Invited Speaker at Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology 3 rd Annual Scientific Meeting 2012, in Medico legal symposium: Professional risks and challenges in Ophthalmology, and lecture topic on What constitutes Negligence? at Sunway Medical Centre, 24 th March