STAFF CV
  TAY, CATHERINE
  Associate Professor
  Office: BIZ1-6-30  
  Contact: (65) 6516-3141 
  Email: biztayc@nus.edu.sg 
 
Curriculum Vitae
 
 
Education Qualifications
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore, 1980
  • LLM, London, 1979
  • Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn, England, 1978
  • LLB (Hons), London, 1977
 
Academic and Professional Experience
  • Member, NUS Faculty Teaching and Service Committee, July 2007 - July 2009
  • External Examiner, Law Faculty, Medical Law, The Hong Kong University, December 2007 - December 2010
  • Associate Professor, Department of Business Policy, School of Business, National University of Singapore, 1980 - current
  • Coordinator for BBA Levels 3000 and 4000 modules, School of Business, National University of Singapore, July 2005 - June 2009
  • Committee Member, NUS Selection Committee for Undergraduate Scholarships, 2005 - 2008
 
Selected Publications
 
Journal Articles
 
Books/Monographs Authored
  • Infectious Diseases Law & SARS, Times Media Pte Ltd, Aug, 2003
  • Slim Chance Fat Hope, World Scientific Publishing, April 2004
  • Medico-Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine and Family Practice, with Dr Shirley Ooi, McGraw Hill, 2007
  • Employment Law, Times Editions, May, 2002
  • E-Commerce Law, with R Y M Kau, Singapore: Times Edition, 2001
  • Medical Negligence, Singapore: Times Editions, 2001
  • Resolving Disputes by Arbitration, First Edition ed., Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1998
  • A Guide to Protecting Your Ideas, Inventions, Trademarks & Products, Singapore: Times Books International, 1997
  • Copyright and the Protection of Designs, Singapore: Singapore National Printers, 1997
  • Investing in Real Estate, Singapore: Longman Singapore Publishers Pte Ltd, 1996
  • Investing in HDB Property, 001: Times Books International, 1995
  • How to Collect Your Debts? A Guide to Bankruptcy Law, Singapore: SNP Publishers Pte Ltd, 1994
  • Buying and Selling Your Property, An Essential Guide to Singapore Property Market, with P Motha, Singapore: Times Books International, 1994
  • Investing in Stocks and Shares, Singapore: Specialist Press Pte Ltd, 1993
  • Have You Made Your Will?, Singapore: SNP Publishers Pte Ltd, 1992
  • Hotel and Catering Law, Singapore: SNP Publishers Pte Ltd, 1992
  • A Law Handbook for Businessmen, with K L Ter, Singapore: Print N Publish, 1990
  • Judicial Management, Singapore: Malayan Law Journal Pte Ltd, 1987
  • Your Rights as a Consumer - A Guide to Sale of Goods, Hire-Purchase and Small Claims Tribunal, with S C Tang, Singapore: Times Books International, 1986
  • Contract Law, with S C Tang, Singapore: Times Books International, 1986
  • Directors' Duties and Liabilities including Insider Trading, with S C Tang, Singapore: Times Books International, February, 1985
  • Bankruptcy - The Law and Practice, Butterworths & Co (Publishers) Ltd, 1984
  • Company Information Practice Manual, Singapore: Malayan Law Journal Pte Ltd, 1983
 
Membership And Professional Activities
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
  • Associate (Non-practitioner) Member, Law Society of Singapore
  • Barrister-at-Law, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom
  • Honorary Legal Advisor, Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists
  • 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)reviewing scientific and ethical aspects of clinical research protocols
  • Member, Research & Ethics Committee of Alexandra Hospital
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Singapore Hypertension Society
  • Member, SingHealth Polyclinics Institutional Review Board
 
Consultation and Executive Experience
  • External Examiner on Medical Law at Hong Kong University, Law Faculty (2007-2010)
  • 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 1987
  • Legal Consultant to Institute of System Science, NUS in information technology contracts
  • Member, Research & Ethics Committee of Alexandra Hospital
  • Medical Legal Advisor to Institute of Mental Health/Woodbridge Hospital
  • Part-time lecturer, NUS Faculty of Dentistry in medical ethics and medical law (since 1999 to todate)
  • Supervisor in medical law ethics in Special Study Module at NUS Faculty of Medicine (from 2000 to 2004)
  • Chief Editor, Management Development Journal of Singapore, 2002-2006
  • Member, SingHealth Polyclinics Ethics Committee, 2003-2009
  • Member of National Healthcare Group (NHG) Domain-Specific Review Board [Institutional Review Board] from 1 April 2004 - 31 March 2009 (reviewing scientific and ethical aspects of clinical research protocols)
  • Program Director and Program Instructor, Singapore-Commonwealth Advanced Seminar for Chief Executives, April 2005-2007
  • Program Director and Instructor, Singapore-Commonwealth Advanced Seminar for Chief Executives, March 2005 and May/June 2006 (Office of Executive Education, NUS)
  • Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
  • Associate (Non-practitioner) Member, Law Society of Singapore
  • Barrister-at-Law, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, UK
  • Member of Advisory Committee on Exhibitions of Singapore Science Centre
  • Member, Asean Law Association
  • Member, Medico Legal Society of Singapore
  • Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  • Member, Singapore Hypertension Society
 
Research Interests
  • e-commerce law and IT contracts, hospitality laws for Integrated Resorts/Casinos
  • mediation and arbitration
  • medical law and biomedical ethics
  • patents, trademarks and copyrights
  • personal insolvency law - bankruptcy
 
Courses
  • BSP1004  Legal Environment Of Business
  • Special Study Module -  Medical Law Ethics (NUS School of Medicine)
  • Elective Module  Year 4 Medical students (NUS School of Medicine)
 
Awards
  • Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par Memorial Prize for the overall best student in 1980 during her postgraduate practical law course
  • NUS Long Service Award 25 years
  • Paul Harris Fellow Award, Rotary International, 1994 for community service
  • Singapore Medical Journal 2008 Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction (In recognition of outstanding service as a reviewer of scientific manuscripts submitted for publication in the Singapore Medical Journal)
 
Made presentations to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Companies (Amendment) Bills 1984 and 1986
 
Major Achievements
  • Made presentations to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Companies (Amendment) Bills 1984 and 1986
  • Nominee for the Woman of the Year Award in 1992
  • Received Pual Harris Fellow Award from Rotary International in 1994 for her community and public service
  • Received 3 titles and awards for charity work (Miss Singapore-International Charity Queen 1990 and 1991; Miss Singapore-World University Charity Queen 1992)
  • Writing Insolvency Law for Malaysian Halsburys, 1998
  • Overseas Editor for Singapore - Editorial work on Journal of Financial Crime, United Kingdom, 1996
  • Medical Student Award winner in Special Study Module 2001 at NUS Faculty of Medicine for topic "Genetics, Privacy and the Law"
  • Won Best Poster Presentation Award in the "Allied Health / Health Sciences" category for research paper on "Informed Consent" at National Healthcare Group (NHG) Annual Scientific Congress 2004, 9-11 October 2004
 
Medical Student Award winner in Special Study Module 2001 at NUS Faculty of Medicine for topic "Genetics, Privacy and the Law"
 
Paul Harris Fellow Award, Rotary International, 1994 for community service