ltc30@cam.ac.uk
Education CV
PhD Candidate in Law
BBA, LLB, PCLL (HKU); LLM (Cantab); Solicitor (Hong Kong, non-practising).
Fields of research
Private law; obligations; debts; intersection with judicial remedies.
Research centres and interest groups
Project title: “Debts and Private Law”
Supervisors
Professor Lionel Smith and Professor Graham Virgo
Start Date
Oct 2023
Selected publications
Book Chapters
"Debt, Judgment, and Security: English and German Approaches to Preclusion" (with Felix D. Pollmann) in Bettina Heiderhoff and Ilaria Queirolo (ed(s)), Private International Law and the European Union: Developments in Contemporary Private Law (Editoriale Scientifica), forthcoming
Publisher:
Published Forthcoming
"Standard Terms in Business-to-Business Contracts under English and German Law: Comparative Assessment and Strategies for Avoiding the Application of §§ 305-310 BGB" (with Felix D. Pollmann) in Bettina Heiderhoff and Ilaria Queirolo (ed(s)), Private International Law and the European Union: Developments in Contemporary Private Law (Editoriale Scientifica), forthcoming
Publisher:
Published Forthcoming
Case Notes
"Degrees of Right (note on Nasir v Zavarco plc [2025] UKSC 5)" (2025) 84 Cambridge Law Journal 514–17
Published: Apr 2026
"The Place of Deemed Fulfilment of Condition (note on King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC [2024] EWCA Civ 719)" (2025) 45 Legal Studies 463–68
Published: Feb 2025
"‘Continuing Cause of Action’ Revisited (note on Jalla v Shell International Trading and Shipping Co Ltd [2023] UKSC 16)" (2024) 140 Law Quarterly Review 192–97
Published: Apr 2024
Conference Papers
"Debt, Judgment, and Security: English and German Approaches to Preclusion" (Comparative Law Discussion Group, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Mar 2026)
Conference:
Comparative Law Discussion Group, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Link to conference paper:
Published: Mar 2026
"Merger Fallacy Diagnosed: Debt, Judgment, and Security" (Cambridge Private Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Mar 2026)
Conference:
Cambridge Private Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Link to conference paper:
Published: Mar 2026
"Debts’ Place in the Law of Obligations" (Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates, Department of Law, University of Genoa, Italy, May 2025)
Conference:
Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates, Department of Law, University of Genoa, Italy
Published: May 2025
"Debts, Debt Claims, and Debt-Payment Orders" (Research Training and Development Programme, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Apr 2024)
Conference:
Research Training and Development Programme, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Published: Apr 2024
"What Do Lawyers Mean By a ‘Continuing Cause of Action’?" (Postgraduate Research Seminar, Downing College, Cambridge, Mar 2024)
Conference:
Postgraduate Research Seminar, Downing College, Cambridge
Published: Mar 2024
"Damages Assessed by Licence Fee Measure: An Alternative Approach" (Private Law Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, May 2023)
Conference:
Private Law Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Published: May 2023
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