Town and Gown | UC Faculty of Law Distinguished Visiting Borrin Fellow Seminar

Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury Faculty of Law, in partnership with Duncan Cotterill, warmly invites you to an evening lecture with Professor Lusina Ho, Distinguished Visiting Borrin Fellow.

About the lecture:
In 2001, China took the bold step of introducing the trust into its civil law system with a view to channelling private capital to stimulate economic growth. In the two decades since, the trust has been instrumental in fuelling the Chinese economy's boom-and-bust cycles. The ensuing volatility has prompted the government to reorient the trust industry away from speculative finance and towards the more stable domain of private wealth management. This lecture scrutinises the distinctive features of Chinese trust law and practice and analyses the profound challenges of adapting it for the nuanced demands of family succession planning.

About the speaker:
Professor Lusina Ho is Harold Hsiao-Wo Lee Professor in Trust and Equity at The University of Hong Kong. She has taught and published widely in trusts, equity, unjust enrichment, comparative trusts (including Chinese trusts), elder and special needs law. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Equity and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Both the governments of the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong SAR have consulted her on the enactment and reform of trust legislation. She recently succeeded in persuading the Hong Kong SAR Government to establish a public trust service for individuals with special needs.

Acknowledgement:
Professor Ho is the Distinguished Visiting Borrin Fellow, and her visit is funded by the Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation.