Synopsis
Expert witnesses should provide independent assistance to the Co urt or Tribunal by way of objective unbiased opinion. The selection of and evidence from an expert witness is often crucial to the outcome of a case a nd cannot be underestimated. Judges and arbitrators rely on the factual evi dence given by experts, in areas they may not always be familiar with.
Leigh-Ann will provide the counsel’s and arbitrator’s persp ectives and consider:
Justice Chan Seng Onn will provide the judge’ s perspective and consider:
05:00 – 05 :05pm | Opening Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute
of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Scien
ces; Senior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP, Singapore <
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06.15 - 06.25pm | Q & A moderated by: Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asi a Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore Univer sity of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP, Singapore |
06.25 - 6.30pm | Closing Remarks |
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Justice Chan Seng Onn
– High Court Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore
Justice Chan Seng Onn was appointed a High Court Judge in 2007. Born in Singapore, he received his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 1986, and Master of Laws from Cambridge University in 1987. Before joining the legal service, Justice Chan was a Colombo Pl an scholar. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Univers ity College, London. This was followed by a Master of Science degree in Ind ustrial Engineering and a Diploma in Business Administration from the Natio nal University of Singapore. |
| Ms. Leigh-Ann Mulcahy QC -
Silk, Fountain Court Chambers Leigh-Ann is a leading
advocate who is a member of Fountain Court Chambers (London & Singapore
) and also has roles as Deputy High Court Judge, President of the Panel of
Senior Decision-Makers at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (from
1 January 2021), international commercial arbitrator and mediator. She is a
lso called to the Bar of the Republic of Ireland. Her practice includes ins
urance and reinsurance, financial services, product liability, professional
negligence and discipline, public law and commercial disputes. She works b
oth domestically and internationally, including in Asia (where she is a Reg
istered Foreign Lawyer, Singapore International Commercial Court) and the C
aribbean. As a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, she handles many ca
ses involving heavy technical, expert and statistical evidence. Leigh-Ann i
s currently working on various COVID-19 related issues and was instructed b
y the UK Financial Conduct Authority in its test case on the validity of bu
siness interruption insurance claims. She has acted for the UK Government
for many years and was First Counsel to the Welsh Government from 2013 to 2
016. Described as “a very clear, polished and persuasive advocate who defin
itely has the ear of the court”, Leigh-Ann has specialisms in appellate adv
ocacy and cases involving multi-party litigation. In addition to her courtr
oom skills, where one comments that “…judges love her”, she is described as
“absolute pleasure to work with”. |
 | Mr. G
regory Vijayendran SC -Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; P
resident, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah &
; Tan LLP Gregory’s present practice encomp
asses a specialization in banking and corporate insolvency as well as litig
ation, arbitration and mediation of commercial disputes and chancery matter
s. He is also a recognized expert in charities governance and has given exp
ert witness testimony for overseas court proceedings. Gregory graduated fro
m the National University of Singapore in 1992, was admitted to the Singapo
re Bar in 1993 and joined Rajah & Tann LLP after being in practice in t
wo other leading law firms for 15 years (jointly heading the Banking and In
solvency Litigation Practice group of another leading law firm). Gregory wa
s appointed Senior Counsel in 2019. Gregory presently serves as President o
f the Law Society and Vice President of the Singapore Academy of Law. He ha
s also been appointed as a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Associati
on of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. |
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Synopsis
Expert witnesses should provide independent assistance to the Co urt or Tribunal by way of objective unbiased opinion. The selection of and evidence from an expert witness is often crucial to the outcome of a case a nd cannot be underestimated. Judges and arbitrators rely on the factual evi dence given by experts, in areas they may not always be familiar with.
Leigh-Ann will provide the counsel’s and arbitrator’s persp ectives and consider:
Justice Chan Seng Onn will provide the judge’ s perspective and consider:
05:00 – 05 :05pm | Opening Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute
of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Scien
ces; Senior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP, Singapore <
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5.05 – 05.45pm | What Judges and Arbitrators Expect from Expert Witn
esses - Counsel’s and Arbitrator’s Points of View Speaker:
Commentator:
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| < p>05.45 – 06.15pm | What Judges and Arbit rators Expect from Expert Witnesses - The Judge’s Perspective Speaker:
Commentator: |
06.15 - 06.25pm | Q & A moderated by: Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asi a Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore Univer sity of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP, Singapore |
06.25 - 6.30pm | Closing Remarks |
 | Just
ice Chan Seng Onn – High Court Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore Justice Chan Seng Onn was appointed a High Court Judge in
2007. Born in Singapore, he received his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 1986, and Ma ster of Laws from Cambridge University in 1987. He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1987 and became State Co unsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) . Subsequently, he was posted to Supreme Court as Senior Assistant Registra r in 1991, before returning to AGC as Senior State Counsel in 1994. He was appointed Judicial Commissioner on 15 October 1997. In 2001, he returned to AGC as Solicitor-General. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2001.< /p> Before joining the legal service, Justice Cha n was a Colombo Plan scholar. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degre e from the University College, London. This was followed by a Master of Sci ence degree in Industrial Engineering and a Diploma in Business Administrat ion from the National University of Singapore. |
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 | Gregory’s present practice encompasses a specializatio
n in banking and corporate insolvency as well as litigation, arbitration an
d mediation of commercial disputes and chancery matters. He is also a recog
nized expert in charities governance and has given expert witness testimony
for overseas court proceedings. Gregory graduated from the National Univer
sity of Singapore in 1992, was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1993 and jo
ined Rajah & Tann LLP after being in practice in two other leading law
firms for 15 years (jointly heading the Banking and Insolvency Litigation P
ractice group of another leading law firm). Gregory was appointed Senior Co
unsel in 2019. Gregory presently serves as President of the Law Society and
Vice President of the Singapore Academy of Law. He has also been appointed
as a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore and t
he Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. |
| Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute of Expe
rts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences; Se
nior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP, Singapore
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