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Jordan English

Jordan English

Practice Overview

Dr Jordan English joined 3 Verulam Buildings as an Associate Member in 2025. He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College, where he lectures in Contract Law to undergraduates and teaches Commercial Remedies and Restitution of Unjust Enrichment on the BCL/MJur. He also teaches Land Law and A Roman Introduction to Private Law, and has taught Trusts and Tort.

Jordan’s research spans the breadth of private law, with particular expertise in contract law, property law, restitution of unjust enrichment, commercial remedies, and asset recovery. He is (i) the author of Discharge of Contractual Obligations (Oxford University Press, 2025), awarded the 2025 SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Early Career Scholarship, (ii) the co-author of The Law of Tracing (Federation Press, 2021), (iii) the co-editor of Issues in the Law of Rescission (Oxford University Press, 2026), and (iv) a co-author of Federal Proceeds of Crime Law (Thomson Reuters, 2024).

Jordan’s scholarship has been cited widely on 15 occasions by leading courts, including the United Kingdom Supreme Court, the England and Wales High Court (Commercial Court), the Inner House of the Court of Session, the High Court of Australia, the New South Wales Court of Appeal, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the Supreme Court of Queensland, the Singapore Court of Appeal, the Singapore High Court, and the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

In addition to his positions in Oxford, Jordan also has strong connections with Hong Kong, in which capacity he is the Cheng Yu Tung Residence Fellow at the University of Hong Kong (where he previously was the Des Voeux Chambers Oxford-HKU Visiting Fellow) and an Academic Associate at Des Voeux Chambers.

Prior to his academic career, Jordan worked as a solicitor in dispute resolution at King and Wood Mallesons and served as a Judicial Associate to Justice James Edelman at the High Court of Australia.

DPhil in Law, Magdalen College, Oxford

Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction), Magdalen College, Oxford

Bachelor of Laws (Hons I), Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland

Academic Associate, Des Voeux Chambers (Hong Kong)

Cheng Yu Tung Residence Fellow, University of Hong Kong

Academic Fellow of Middle Temple

Academic Member of the Chancery Bar Association

Chair of Governors, Magdalen College School, Brackley

Jordan has published over 40 publications comprising, 3 books, 1 edited book, 6 articles, 4 book chapters, 16 case notes, 2 book reviews, and 13 bulletins and commentaries on a range of commercial and private law topics.

Books:

  1. Discharge of Contractual Obligations (Oxford University Press, 2025).
  • Winner of the SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Early Career Scholarship (2025).
  • Cited in King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC [2025] UKSC 39 at [58]–[59].
  • Cited in Shao v Crown Global Capital Pty Ltd (in prov liq) [2025] HCA 43 at [38].
  1. Federal Proceeds of Crime Law (Thomson Reuters, 2024) (with S. Hickey and S. Bronitt).
  2. The Law of Tracing (Federation Press, 2021) (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  • Cited in Commonwealth of Australia v Kupang Resources Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCA 161 at [92].
  • Cited in Prosetskii v Courtwell Asia Ltd [2026] SGHCR 28 at [48(b)(iii)].
  • Cited in ADKA Investments Pty Ltd v Gleeson [2026] QSC 152 at [192].
  • Cited in Malass v Alam [2026] NSWSC 151 at [60].
  • Cited in Tjiong v Chang [2025] NSWCA 25 at [31].
  • Cited in Blue Mirror Pty Ltd v Tan & Tan Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) [2024] NSWCA 253 at [29].
  • Cited in RnD Funding Pty Ltd v Roncane Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 28 at [76], [87], [91], [103], [106].
  • Cited in ED & F Man Capital Markets Ltd v Come Harvest Holdings Ltd [2022] EWHC 229 (Comm) at [667].

Edited Books:

  1. Issues in the Law of Rescission (Oxford University Press, 2026) (edited with J. Atmaz Al-Sibaie).
  • Cited in Kuvera Properties Pte Ltd v Far East Opus Pte Ltd [2026] SGCA 34 [42]–[46], [75]–[76].

Articles:

  1. ‘The Interpretation of Oral Contracts’ (2026) 142 Law Quarterly Review 430 (with V. Winzer).
  2. ‘Bribery and Secret Commissions: A Common Law-Equity Divide?’ [2025] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 158.
  3. ‘Employment Contracts, Conditions, and The Relationship of Employment’ (2024) 140 Law Quarterly Review 521.
  • Cited in McMahon v AXA ICAS Ltd [2026] CSIH 19 at [30].
  1. ‘Dispositions of Subsisting Equitable Interests and s 53(1)(c) of the Law of Property Act 1925’ [2024] The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 140 (with J. Atmaz Al-Sibaie).
  2. ‘The Nature of Promissory Conditions’ (2021) 137 Law Quarterly Review 630.
  • Cited in Allianz Australia Insurance Limited v Delor Vue Apartments CTS 39788 [2022] HCA 38 at [43].
  1. Common Law Tracing: The Emperor’s New Clothes?’ (2018) 12 Journal of Equity 260 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).

Book Chapters:

  1. ‘Contracts, Unjust Enrichment, and Third Parties’ in L Ho and E Fung, Shaping the Common Law (Hart Publishing, 2027) (with J Atmaz Al-Sibaie) (forthcoming).
  2. ‘Different Models of Contract Variation and the Doctrine of Consideration’ in P S Davies and H Beale, Contract Law: Past, Present and Future (Hart Publishing, 2027) (with B. Häcker) (forthcoming).
  3. “Hell or High Water” Clauses’ in M. Raczynska and P. Davies, Contract Law and the Unexpected (Hart Publishing, 2026).
  4. ‘Substantial Performance in Employment Contracts’ in A. Bogg and P. Davies, Private Law and the Employment Contract (Hart Publishing, 2025).

Case Notes:

  1. ‘Charterparties, Late Redelivery, and the Doctrine of “Res Inter Alios Acta”’ (2026) 142 Law Quarterly Review 383.
  2. ‘Rectification, Employment Contracts, and Collective Agreements’ (2025) 54 Industrial Law Journal 710.
  3. ‘The ’Equitable Mechanics’ of Constructive Trusts and Section 53(1)(c) of the Law of Property Act’ (2025) 141 The Law Quarterly Review 331 (with J. Atmaz Al-Sibaie).
  4. ‘The Principle in Mackay v Dick’ (2025) 141 Law Quarterly Review 48
  • Cited in King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC [2025] UKSC 39 at [58]–[59]).
  1. ‘Deeds, Rescission, and Restitution’ (2023) 139 Law Quarterly Review 363
  • Cited in Re Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund, Ltd (In Official Liquidation) FSD 108 of 2019 at [145] (Grand Court of the Cayman Islands).
  1. ‘Tracing, Mixing, and Innocent Claimants’ (2021) 84 Modern Law Review 593 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  2. ‘Recovery of Upkeep Costs, Claims for Loss of Autonomy and Loss of Genetic Affinity: Fertile Ground for Development in Australia?’ (2018) 41 Melbourne University Law Review 1360 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  3. ‘The Liability of Search Engine Operators in Defamation: Issues Relating to Publication and Qualified Privilege’ (2017) 24 Torts Law Journal 218 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  4. ‘Re-thinking the Requirement for a “Recognisable Psychiatric Illness” in the Law of Negligence’ (2017) 25 Tort Law Review 92 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  5. ‘An Inconsistency in the Canadian Law of Adverse Possession?’ (2017) 17 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 290 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  6. ‘Disclosure of Trust Information: Discretionary or Principle-Based Jurisdiction?’ (2017) 23 Trusts & Trustees 829 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  7. ‘Arbitration and Abuse of Process: Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Sinclair [2017] EWCA Civ 3’ (2017) 36 Civil Justice Quarterly 281 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  8. ‘Claims Relating to Possession of a Ship: Wilmington Trust Company (Trustee) v The Ship “Houston” [2016] FCA 1349’ (2017) 42 University of Western Australia Law Review 128 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  9. ‘Liability of Search Engine Providers in Defamation’ (2017) 24 Torts Law Journal 83 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  10. ‘The Supreme Court Rectifies a Wrong Turn in Canadian Law’ (2017) 17 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 144 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).
  11. ‘“Lack of Consent” as an Unjust Factor’ [2017] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 176 (with M.J. Hafeez-Baig).

Book Reviews:

  1. ‘The Laws of Restitution’ [2024] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 354 (with J. Atmaz Al-Sibaie).
  2. ‘Review of C Mitchell, Vanishing Contract Law: Common Law in the Age of Contracts’ (2023) 86 Modern Law Review 1298.
  • Legal Business Awards 2024: Chambers of the Year
  • L500 2025 Winner Set of the Year
  • EMEA Top Tier Set 2026
  • L500 Top Tier Set 2026
  • 3VB Chambers TR 2026
  • 2026 Pro Bono Patron
Winner: UK Bar Awards 2025
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