Tai Shen Wong

Protecting Human Rights through Tort Law – Lessons Learned from the American ‘Alien Tort Statute’

Introduction In October 2021, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab spoke of his (and his party’s) dissatisfaction with the state of human rights law in the UK, claiming that it was open to abuse by dangerous criminals seeking to ‘prevent [their] deportation’ in contravention of public interest.1 As such, he promised to ‘overhaul’ the existing Human Rights Act […]

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Individualisation in Contractual Interpretation

Introduction The area of contract interpretation has been heavily discussed in light of the Court’s seemingly conflicting case law on the shift towards the contextual approach. In particular, several commentators have wondered if the courts have taken a step back towards the traditional, textual approach after making giant strides towards contextualism.1 This essay shall seek to

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