Justin Poonjatt

Biography

Dr Justin Jos Poonjatt is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex. His research examines how private law instruments, such as settlement agreements, legal waivers and non-disclosure agreements, shape access to remedy for victims of corporate human rights abuse. His work combines doctrinal analysis with case studies in the extractive sector across developing countries. He has published in the Business and Human Rights Journal and the Journal of Human Rights, with chapters forthcoming from Cambridge University Press, Edward Elgar, and Springer. Justin holds a PhD from UNSW Sydney, an LLM with Distinction from the University of Exeter (Commonwealth Scholarship), and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He teaches Contract Law and Business and Human Rights, and leads the Private Law and Business Law Research Cluster at Essex Law School.

Qualifications

• PhD UNSW Sydney, (2023)

• LLM (Distinction) University of Exeter, (2016)

• BBA LLB (Honours) National Law University Odisha, (2015)

Appointments

University of Essex

• Lecturer, Essex Law School, University of Essex (9/1/2024 - present)

Other academic

• Teaching and Research Fellowship, Law, Fundação Getulio Vargas Brazil (1/9/2018 - 1/12/2018)

• Teaching Associate, Government of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (1/8/2017 - 1/2/2018)

• Research Fellow, Centre for Justice, Law and Society, O. P. Jindal Global University, India (1/9/2016 - 31/3/2017)