HO 
Hock Lai

 
Coomaraswamy Professor of the Law of Evidence

Ho Hock Lai obtained his first law degree from the National University of Singapore (LLB) in 1989,his postgraduate degree, the BCL, from Oxford University in 1993, and his doctorate from Cambridge University in 2003. He was called to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1990. His research interests lie mainly in the law and theory of evidence and proof, and the administration of criminal justice.

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Contact

(65) 6516-1217
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Education

PhD (University of Cambridge); BCL (University of Oxford); LLB (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Current Courses

Evidence (A)

Ho Hock Lai obtained his first law degree from the National University of Singapore (LLB) in 1989,his postgraduate degree, the BCL, from Oxford University in 1993, and his doctorate from Cambridge University in 2003. He was called to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1990. His research interests lie mainly in the law and theory of evidence and proof, and the administration of criminal justice.

Book Chapters
Ho Hock Lai, 'Silence as Evidence' in Jordi Ferrer Beltrán and Carmen Vázquez (eds), Evidential Legal Reasoning: Crossing Civil Law and Common Law Traditions (Cambridge University Press 2022) 171

Journal Articles
Ho Hock Lai, 'Should We Be Convicting People We Don't Believe to Be Guilty?' (2025) 9 Quaestio Facti - International Journal on Evidential Legal Reasoning

Representative Publications
Ho Hock Lai and Amalia Amaya (eds), Law, Virtue and Justice (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012)

Ho Hock Lai, A Philosophy of Evidence Law – Justice in the Search for Truth (Oxford University Press, 2008)


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