Dr Christopher Hose

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Dr Christopher Hose

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About

Education

  • PhD Candidate, St John's College, University of Cambridge (2021–Present)
  • BA Law, St John's College, University of Cambridge (2017–2021)
  • Erasmus+, Utrecht University (2019–2020)

Awards and Prizes

  • J.C. Hall Scholarship, St John's College (2021–2024)
  • McMahon Law Studentship, St John's College (2021–2022)
  • Wright Prize, St John's College (2021)
  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali Prize, St John's College (2021), (2019)
  • Best Student Paper and Presentation, UCL Private Law Conference (2021)
  • Katherina Boele-Woelki Award for Comparative Law Research (Undergraduate), Utrecht University (2020)
  • C.J. Hamson Law of Contract Prize, University of Cambridge (2019)
  • McAulay Scholarship, St John's College (2019)

Relevant Experience

  • College Teaching Associate, St John's College (2023–2024)
  • Supervisor for Law of Tort (Part IA), University of Cambridge (2023–Present)
  • Supervisor for Law of Contract (Part IB), University of Cambridge (2022–Present)
  • Outreach Ambassador, St John's College (2022–Present)
  • Mentor (Undergraduate Academic Skills), St John's College (2021–2022)
  • Teaching Assistant, Utrecht University (2019–2020)

Papers and Conferences

  • Panel Discussion – Pakistan International Airlines v Times Travel (Cambridge Private Law Centre, 2022)
  • Duress and the Negotiation Relationship (UCL Private Law Conference, 2021)

Publications

  • ‘Justifying Implied Terms: A Forgotten Dimension’ in Russell & Graham (eds.) The Supreme Court at 15: Reflections on Private Law Cases (Routledge, forthcoming 2025) (3,000 words)
  • 'Policy and Implication in Contractual Discretions' in Gardner, Goymour, O'Sullivan & Worthington (eds.) Politics, Policy and Private Law (Hart Publishing, forthcoming 2024) (9,000 words)
  • ‘You Get What You Pay For: Reasonable Endeavours and Force Majeure (RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV)’ (CLJ case note, forthcoming 2024) (1,500 words)
  • 'When Interpretation Becomes Invention (Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings v Blacks Outdoor Retail)' [2023] LMCLQ 381-385
  • Book Review: David Campbell, Contractual Relations (2023) 82 CLJ 365-369

Research

Private Law, Law of Contract

Supervisor(s): Dr Jodi Gardner, Dr Stelios Tofaris

Publications

Selected publications

Commercial Relationships, Legal Relationships and Bribery Journal article 1 August 2026 (2026) 4 CCLR 65 Christopher Hose Justifying Implied Terms: A Forgotten Dimension Chapter 1 August 2025 In Private Law and the UK Supreme Court (eds Jennifer Russell, Lewis Graham), Routledge Christopher Hose Policy and Implication in Contractual Discretions Chapter 1 June 2025 In Politics, Policy and the Private Law (Volume II) (eds Jodi Gardner, Amy Goymour, Janet O'Sullivan, Sarah Worthington), Hart Publishing Christopher Hose You Get What You Pay For: Reasonable Endeavours and Force Majeure Journal article 1 November 2024 (2024) 83 CLJ 433 Christopher Hose When Interpretation Becomes Invention Journal article 1 August 2023 [2023] LMCLQ 381 Christopher Hose Contractual Relations: A Contribution to the Critique of the Classical Law of Contract. By David Campbell. Journal article 1 July 2023 (2023) 82 CLJ 365 Christopher Hose