Wilberforce Chambers

Ernest joined Chambers in October 2023 on successful completion of his pupillage.

During pupillage, he gained experience across the range of Chambers’ work and he is now building a broad commercial chancery practice. He is happy to be instructed as a sole counsel or as part of a team.

Before joining Wilberforce, Ernest received a first-class degree in Jurisprudence, with various academic awards, and proceeded to complete the BCL with Distinction. Ernest is a seasoned mooter and has represented the university in various national and international moots.

Ernest also tutored the Property II module (trusts and land) at LSE. His academic writing has been published in peer-reviewed law journals and, during pupillage, he was invited to give a seminar on cross-border legal issues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Ernest is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. In his free time, Ernest is learning Modern Standard Arabic.

Call: 2022

BCL, St Catherine’s College Oxford (Dist.) BA Jurisprudence, Hertford College Oxford (First) BPC, ULaw Bloomsbury (Very Competent) Guest Teacher for Property II, London School of Economics Oxford Language Centre Arabic (Stage 3-4: Intermediate)

Awards

White & Case Company Law Prize Award from Hertford College for outstanding academic performance Book Prize, St Catherine’s College Winner of the Blackstone Human Rights Moot 2020 Winner of the ELSA Commoot 2019 Winner of the Oxford Hong Kong Mooting Competition 2019 Centaline Scholarship for the Peking University Faculty of Law Credit-bearing Summer Programme