Masters of the Bench

Adrian Briggs is Emeritus Professor of Private International Law at the University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, from the service of each of which, after 41 years, he retired in September 2021. He is the author of several books on private international law, most notably Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (7 editions; 8th in preparation) and Private International Law in English Courts (2 editions). He is a member of Blackstone Chambers. In addition, he is joint author with Andrew Burrows (now Lord Burrows JSC) of The Law of Contract in Myanmar, and it is this last which is the greatest source of professional satisfaction.