UCL Faculty of Laws

Daniel is a doctoral candidate at the Faculty under the supervision of Dr Douglas Guilfoyle and Professor Catherine Redgwell. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws by research (MJur) at Durham and Birmingham universities and is admitted as an advocate & solicitor in Singapore.

Daniel is interested in general international law (especially issues related to treaty interpretation) and the law of international organizations. Under the supervision of Professor Colin Warbrick, his MJur dissertation, Foreign Policy & International Law in Singapore, examined the role of international law in Singapore's foreign policy by assessing its State practice, during the invasion of Kampuchea by Vietnam at various international fora, and the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.

Daniel's doctoral project will explore the content of non-intervention in the internal affairs of a State, a general principle of international law, with an emphasis on its invocation in “local” conditions by States in Southeast Asia. His thesis will investigate the practice of these States, particularly their conduct within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).