Daisy Cheung

Daisy Cheung serves as Lecturer in Medical Law and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Law School. She concurrently holds a Research Fellow position at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL), University of Hong Kong, and is an active member of the Mental Health Law Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Her academic qualifications include:

• BA from Amherst College
• LLB (Hons) from the University of Hong Kong
• BCL from the University of Oxford

Her research centers on mental health and capacity law with emphasis on compulsory treatment frameworks, mental capacity assessments, and public health ethics during crises like the Covid-19 pandemic. She has led significant comparative studies including a Cambridge University Press volume (2023) analyzing advance medical directives across 16 Asian jurisdictions. Current work investigates restoration of decision-making capacity under England and Wales' Mental Capacity Act 2005, addressing critical gaps in legal frameworks for individuals lacking capacity.

Her funded research projects cover adult guardianship regimes and best interests assessments, demonstrating sustained engagement with policy-relevant mental health law issues. Prior to Edinburgh, she served as Deputy Director of CMEL at HKU while maintaining her current Research Fellow affiliation.

She contributes to institutional development through her Mental Health Law Committee membership and ongoing CMEL collaboration, bridging academic research with practical legal applications in mental health contexts.