Professor Nelson Enonchong

• LLB (Yaounde)
• Maitrise (Yaounde)
• LLM (Cantab)
• PhD (Cantab)
• Barrister
• FCIArb

Professor Nelson Enonchong read law at the University of Yaounde and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was a lecturer and Reader in Law at the University of Leicester before joining the University of Birmingham as Barber Professor of Law in 2001

• Law of Contract
• Commercial Law
• Conflict of Laws
• Financing of International Trade (LLM)
• International Sale of Goods (LLM)

Contract/Commercial law
Conflict of Laws
Arbitration
Comparative Law
International Trade and Finance
Current doctoral supervision
Professor Enonchong is currently supervising four doctoral students undertaking research in the following areas

Contractual Mechanisms for Reducing Risks in Long Term Oil and Gas Agreements
The Scope of the Liability of Arbitral Institutions towards the Disputing Parties
Judicial Review of International Arbitral Awards
Balancing the demands of procedural fairness and finality in ADR in the Construction Industry

Find out more - our PhD Law  page has information about doctoral research at the University of Birmingham.

Professor Enonchong’s principal research interests are in the fields of Contract/Commercial Law, International Trade and Finance, Private International law and Comparative law. He is the author of several influential publications in these areas.

The fourth edition of his leading work on Duress, Undue Influence and Unconscionable Dealing (2023) has recently been published by Sweet & Maxwell. The book, which has been relied upon by courts in the UK and other jurisdictions such as Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore, remains a primary point of reference on these topics.

His monograph on The Independence Principle of Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. It examines the nature and scope of the cardinal principle of autonomy of letters of credit and demand guarantees. It considers the challenges presented by the principle and explores the extent to which exceptions to the principle should be recognised in order address the problem of abusive demands for payment. This work has been cited by apellate courts in the UK and other countries such as Australia and Singapore.

His book on Illegal Transactions was published by Lloyd’s of London Press in 1998. It is the first book to be published in the UK on this notoriously difficult subject. This work has been relied upon by courts in the UK and other countries such as Australia, Kenya, Nigeria and Singapore.

Professor Enonchong is also an arbitrator and barrister (non-practising) at No5 Chambers.

He is a member of the Editorial Boards of

• Journal of African Law published by Cambridge University Press
• African Journal of International and Comparative Law published by Edinburgh University Press