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李 穎芝 教授

副教授

法學士（香港大學）, 法學碩士（牛津大學）, 法學專業證書（香港大學）

Biography

李穎芝是香港大學法律學院副教授。她研究衡平法、信託法和非營利法，以及中國法律，包括比較信託、第三部門和成人監護法的層面。她在英國、澳大利亞和美國的主要法律期刊上發表了領域相關的著作，當中包括《International & Comparative Law Quarterly》、《Law Quarterly Review》、《Oxford Journal of Legal Studies》、《Journal of Equity》、《Virginia Journal of International Law》和《Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal》。

李穎芝曾就受託人條例的改革向香港政府提供建議。最近，她開展了針對認知障礙人士、由政府主導和政府管理的特殊需要信託聯合研究項目，該研究還獲得了學院和大學知識交流獎。 李穎芝還與韓國政府分享了她的觀點，並參與了啟動中航信託在中國大陸推出的特殊需求信託產品。

李穎芝於2009年獲得香港大學傑出青年研究員獎，並於2016年獲得學院傑出教學獎。她完成了多個由研究資助局資助的研究項目。目前，她正在從事信託法、慈善治理和支持特殊需求方面的研究項目。

Research Area

  • 信託法，衡平法與非盈利法


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Research Area

  • 信託法，衡平法與非盈利法

Selected publications

Trusts and Fiduciary Law (including comparative trusts)

Rebecca’s scholarship covers core principles of trust and fiduciary law and comparative trusts such as the following:

  • ‘Remedies for Mistaken Trustee Decisions’ in Adam Hofri-Winogradow et al (eds), Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
  • ‘Transnational Legal Ordering of Modern Trust Law’, in Seth Davis, Thilo Kuntz & Gregory Shaffer, Transnational Fiduciary Law (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Ch 7.
  • ‘Exclusion of Duty and the Irreducible Core Content of Trusteeship’ (2020) 14 Journal of Equity 131-150 (with M. Yip).  
  • ‘Relief for Bribes in Equity’ (2019) 13 Journal of Equity 122-143.
  • ‘Disgorgement of unauthorised fiduciary gains: An exercise in causation?’ (2017) 11 Journal of Equity 29-47.
  • (ed), Trust Law in Asian Civil Law Jurisdictions: A Comparative Analysis (Cambridge University Press, 2013), Ch. 6 (with L. Ho) (查松 譯《亞洲大陸法系國家和地區中的信託法》（法律出版社，2020）).
  • ‘Convergence and Divergence in the Worlds of the Trust: Duties and Liabilities of Trustees under the Chinese Trust’ in Lionel Smith (ed), The Worlds of the Trusts (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
  • ‘Conceptualizing the Chinese Trust’ (2009) 58 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 655-669. 
  • ‘Rethinking the Content of the Fiduciary Obligation’ (2009) 73 The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 236-253. 
  • ‘In Search of the Nature and Function of Fiduciary Loyalty: Some Observations on Conaglen’s Analysis’ [2007] Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 327-338.
  • ‘Fiduciary Duty without Equity: ‘Fiduciary Duties’ of Directors under the Revised Company Law of the PRC’ (2006-2007) 47 Virginia Journal of International Law 897-926.   

 

Wealth Management and Succession Planning

Rebecca’s work focuses on inheritance, testamentary freedom, trust vulnerabilities, and the practical aspects of managing private wealth and estate succession, especially within Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific context:

  • ‘Liberalisation of trust laws in Hong Kong: continued growth or concealed wealth?’ in Y Liew & M Tamaruya (eds), Asia-Pacific Trusts Law Vol 3: Boundaries in Context (Hart Publishing, 2025), Ch 17.
  • ‘Testamentary Freedom and Inheritance Disputes in Hong Kong’, in R Nolan et al (eds), Trusts and Private Wealth Management: Developments and Directions (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Ch 6.  
  • ‘Marrying English Trusts Law with Chinese Customary Law? Historical Evolution and Modern Anomalies of the Tso/Tong in Hong Kong’, in Y Liew & YC Wu (eds), Asia-Pacific Trusts Law Vol 2: Adaptation in Context (Hart Publishing, 2022), Ch 3.
  • ‘Trusts in Hong Kong: Historical Application and Current Practice, in M Harding and Y Liew (eds), Asia-Pacific Trusts Law Vol 1: Theory and Practice in Context (Hart Publishing, 2021) (with L. Ho).
  • ‘The Evolution of the Modern International Trust: Developments and Challenges’ (2018) 103 Iowa Law Review 2069-2095.
  • ‘The Vulnerability of Trusts in Divorce’, in Richard Nolan, HW Tang & Kelvin Low (eds), Trusts and Modern Wealth Management (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Ch. 12.   

 

Disability Planning 

Rebecca advocates for the use of trusts in special needs financial planning and examines related legal planning tools such as adult guardianship and advance directives in Hong Kong, Chinese, and international contexts: 

  • ‘The Proposed New Law on Advance Directives in Hong Kong: A Piecemeal Attempt at Codification?’, in Daisy Cheung & Michael Dunn (eds), Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis (Cambridge University Press, 2023) (with D Cheung), Ch 7. 
  • (eds), Special Needs Financial Planning: A Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2019) (with L Ho) (姚江濤、袁田 譯《特殊需要信託——財務規劃比較研究》（中航信託及法律出版社，2021）).
  • ‘Introducing the Special Needs Trust to Hong Kong’ (2017) 23 Trusts & Trustees 1111-1121 (with L. Ho).
  • ‘The Use of the Trust in Adult Guardianship in China: Prospects and Challenges’ (2015) 8 Journal of International Aging, Law & Policy 69-87.
  • ‘Guardianship of Elderly with Diminished Capacity: The Chinese Challenge’ (2015) 29(1) International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 1-14. 

 

Non-Profit Law 

Rebecca critically examines the governance and regulation of charities, the limits of political influence in charity law, and the legal environment shaping the development of third sector in Hong Kong and China.

  • ‘Rethinking the state regulation of charities: A Hong Kong Perspective’, in Rosemary Teele Langford (ed) Governance and Regulation of Charities: International and Comparative Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2023), Ch 6.
  • ‘Charity without Politics?  Exploring the Limits of ‘Politics’ in Charity Law’ (2015) Journal of Civil Society 271-282.
  • ‘Modernizing Charity Law in China’ (2009) 18(2) Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 347-372.