Hillary Chua

Hillary is a DPhil Student in Law. She is also a Sheridan Fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Faculty of Law. Her research focuses on comparing mental capacity law in England and Wales and Singapore, in terms of how it regulates consent to intimate relationships among intellectually disabled adults. She is supervised by Professor Imogen Goold and Professor Shazia Choudhry. Her studies are supported by an NUS scholarship.

Her work on Singapore's law concerning sterilisation and medical decision-making for children has been published in the Medical Law Review and the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family.

Before commencing her doctoral studies, Hillary taught Tort Law at NUS, was a member of the National University Hospital (Singapore)’s Clinical Ethics Committee, and had practised medical law in Singapore prior to that. She has been called to the Singapore Bar (2018). Her research interests are in medical law and ethics, and disability law.