Professor Stephen Hall is a legal scholar in Hong Kong who has eighteen years’ experience teaching Hong Kong contract law at both The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and City University of Hong Kong (CityU).  He has received numerous awards for teaching and research.  Among his publications are Law of Contract in Hong Kong: Cases and Commentary (6th ed., LexisNexis, 2019), Ho and Hall’s Hong Kong Contract Law (5th ed., LexisNexis, 2019), and the ‘Contract’ title in Volume 18 of Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong (2nd ed., LexisNexis, 2020, 2018, 2015, 2012, and 2007 reissues).  Professor Hall founded the Juris Doctor programmes at both CUHK and CityU.  Prior to arriving in Hong Kong, he taught for six years at the University of New South Wales after a decade in legal practice with the Australian Attorney-General’s Department.  Professor Hall received his Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Queensland, a Master of Laws degree with first class honours at the University of Technology Sydney, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree as a Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Oxford (Oriel College).