Alexander Georgiou

Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Law

All Souls College, University of Oxford (2020–present)

Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)

BPP University (2019–2020):

• Very Competent. 

Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL)

Brasenose College, University of Oxford (2018–2019)

• Distinction.

• Temple Chambers (Hong Kong) scholarship.

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Jurisprudence

Brasenose College, University of Oxford (2014–2017)

• First Class Honours.
• Incepted as a Master of Arts in 2021.
• Prizes and awards:
  • Martin Wronker Prize for best overall performance (received jointly).
  • Gibbs Prize (Proxime Accessit) for second-best overall performance in the Contract, Tort, Trusts, and Land papers (received jointly).
  • 3 Verulam Buildings Prize for best performance in the Commercial Law paper.
  • White & Case Prize for best performance in the Comparative Private Law paper.

Prize Fellow 

All Souls College, University of Oxford (2019–present)

• Lectures:

  • Declarations of trust, formalities, and constitution (for BA students) (2023–2024).

  • Termination of contract for breach and for frustration (for BA students) (2021–2024).

• Graduate (BCL/MJur) seminars and tutorials:

  • Commercial Remedies (2020–2024).

  • Restitution of Unjust Enrichment (2021–2023).

• Undergraduate (BA) tutorials and classes:

  • Contract law (2020–2023, for Jesus College).

  • Tort law (2021–2023, for Jesus College).

  • Trusts (2019–2022, for University College).

  • Land law (2020–2021, for University College).

• Other responsibilities (University-based):

  • Editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (2020–2022).

  • Convenor of the Obligations Discussion Group (2020–2022).

• Academic Fellow of the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, National University of Singapore (2024–present). 
• Elected to Prize Fellowship at All Souls College, University of Oxford (2019)
• Temple Chambers (Hong Kong) BCL scholarship, University of Oxford (2018)
• Martin Wronker Prize for best overall performance in BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford (2017)
• Gibbs Prize (Proxime Accessit) for second-best overall performance in the Contract, Tort, Trusts, and Land papers during BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford (2017).
• 3 Verulam Buildings Prize for best performance in the BA (Jurisprudence) Commercial Law paper, University of Oxford (2017).
• White & Case Prize for best performance in the BA (Jurisprudence) Comparative Private Law paper, University of Oxford (2017).

• Chapters
  • ‘Statutory trusts and co-ownership’ in Martin Dixon and Emma Lees (eds), Modern Studies in Property Law vol. 15 (Hart Publishing 2025) (with Professor William Swadling) (forthcoming).
  • ‘Remedies and the public interest’ in Andrew Robertson et al. (eds), Private Law and the State (Hart Publishing 2024) (with Professor Sandy Steel) (forthcoming).
• Articles
  • ‘Making contract-breakers pay’ (2025) Law Quarterly Review (forthcoming).
  • ‘Mistaken payments, quasi-contracts, and the “justice” of unjust enrichment’ (2022) 42 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 606.
  • ‘Taking trusts seriously’ (2021) 137 Law Quarterly Review 305.
• Case notes
  • ‘Property damage, remoteness, and consequential contractual liabilities’ [2024] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 386.
  • ‘Knowing receipt: continuing trusts and conscionability’ (2022) 86 Modern Law Review 276.
  • ‘Between rocks and hard places: limitation, privilege, and mistakes of law’ (2022) 138 Law Quarterly Review 535 (with Emma Rawkins)
  • ‘Interest and enrichment, again’ (2022) 138 Law Quarterly Review 186 (with Emma Rawkins).
  • ‘What’s “unjust” about unjust enrichment: an answer at last?’ [2021] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 63.
    • Cited in Banca Intesa Sanpaolo Spa v Comune di Venezia [2022] EWHC 2586 (Comm) at [395].
  • ‘In defence of Sempra’ [2019] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 38.
  • ‘Marr v Collie: The ballooning of the common intention constructive trust’ (2019) 82 Modern Law Review 145.
• Book reviews
  • ‘Review of Standing in Private Law: Powers of Enforcement in the Law of Obligations and Trusts by Timothy Liau’ (2024) 83 Cambridge Law Journal 184.
• Conference presentations etc.
  • ‘Two conceptions of consideration’ (London School of Economics Private Law Research Group, London, 2 May 2024). 
  • ‘Statutory trusts and co-ownership’ (15th Modern Studies in Property Law conference, Cambridge, 25–28 March 2024).
  • ‘Two conceptions of consideration’ (Hong Kong University ‘Private Law and Theory Speaker Series’, Hong Kong, 11–15 March 2024).
  • ‘Making contract-breakers pay’ (Hong Kong University ‘Private Law and Theory Speaker Series’, Hong Kong, 11–15 March 2024).
  • ‘Making contract breakers pay’ (Global Seminars in Private Law Theory, online, 23 November 2023).
  • ‘Remedies and the public interest’ (Obligations X conference, Banff, 11–14 July 2023) (with Professor Sandy Steel).
  • ‘Remedies and the public interest’ (Oxford Private Law Research Group workshop, Oxford, 20 June 2022) (with Professor Sandy Steel).

• Chinese:
  • Conversational in both Mandarin and Cantonese; equivalent reading and writing.