Joseph Khaw

Mooting

5^th Best Advocate (of 537 speakers), Best Overall Applicant, and Octofinalist (International Rounds), Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2022)

• Ranked 1^st (of 160 teams) after Preliminary Rounds

Champion and Best Advocate (UK National Rounds), Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2022)

Champion, Temple Chambers Moot (2022)

• Judged by former Chief Justice of Hong Kong, The Honourable Geoffrey Ma

Champion and Best Mooter, Wadham College Law Society Moot (2021)

Champion (Runner-up), Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Roman Law Moot (2021)

Best Written Submissions (Runner-up), UNSW Private Law Moot (2021)

Best International Team, NLIU-Justice RK Tankha Memorial International Arbitration Moot (2021)

Academic

Prince of Wales Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2024)

Law Faculty Prize for highest mark in Transnational Commercial Law (Bachelor of Civil Law), Oxford Law Faculty (2024)

Peter Carter Taught Graduate Scholarship in Law, Wadham College and Oxford Law Faculty (2023)

Oxford Junior Scholarship, Des Voeux Chambers (2022)

Undergraduate Scholarship and Examination Prize, Wadham College (2021)

First Prize, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission of Singapore-Economic Society of Singapore Essay Competition (2020)

Education

Bar Vocational Studies, City Law School (2024–2025)

Bachelor of Civil Law, Wadham College, University of Oxford (2023–2024)

BA Jurisprudence, Wadham College, University of Oxford (2020–2023)

Legal Intern, WilmerHale (2025)

• Worked on international commercial and investor-State arbitrations across aviation, commodities, energy, and mining sectors under institutions including the ICC, SIAC, NAI, and ICSID

Visiting Lecturer in Contract and Tort Law, King’s College London (2024–2025)

• Nominated for King’s Education Award for teaching excellence

Co-Convenor, Oxford Law Faculty Conflict of Laws Discussion Group (2023–2024)

Associate Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (2023–2024)

Sponsored Extended Mini-pupillage (Oxford Junior Scholarship), Des Voeux Chambers (2022)

Managing Editor, Singapore Comparative Law Journal (2020–2021)

Dispute Resolution Intern, Various Singapore Law Firms including Allen & Gledhill, Rajah & Tann, LVM Law Chambers, and Audent Chambers (2020–2021)

Investment Analyst Intern, Anthill Ventures (2020)

Inspector (National Service), Singapore Police Force (2018–2019)

‘Going Cherry Picking: Star Hydro v National Transmission and Despatch Company [2025] EWCA Civ 928’ (2026) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (forthcoming)

‘Deciding State Immunity via Issue Estoppel: There are Decisions and Decisions’ (2026) 142(Jan) Law Quarterly Review (forthcoming)

‘Time to Wipe the Slate Blank? The Shareholder Exception to Legal Professional Privilege: Various Claimants v G4S Plc [2023] EWHC 2863 (Ch)’ (2024) 43(3) Civil Justice Quarterly 199

• Quoted with approval by the Commercial Court in Aabar Holdings v Glencore [2024] EWHC 3046 (Comm)

‘Not All Who Wander (Over the Horizon) Are Lost: The Applicability of Existing Paradigms of International Law to Cyberspace and the Interpretation of Customary International Law’ in Claire Kwan and others (eds), 16^th International Conference on Cyber Conflict: Over the Horizon (NATO CCDCOE Publications 2024) 177

‘Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc in the UK Supreme Court: The Quincecare Duty as a “Special or Idiosyncratic” Term Implied in Law’ (2023) 38(12) Journal of International Banking Law & Regulation 460