BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bc997aedaca77422f924c267d00b5e76 CATEGORIES:Webinar CREATED:20210922T121535 SUMMARY:WEBINAR: What Judges and Arbitrators Expect from Expert Witnesses (30 November 2021) LOCATION:Zoom Webinar DESCRIPTION:Synopsis\n 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.\n Le igh-Ann will provide the counsel’s and arbitrator’s perspectives and consid er:\n \n - The role of an independent expert \n - Selection of experts an d factors to consider \n - Approach to and content of good expert reports \ n - ‘Joint’ expert evidence \n - Effective oral expert evidence at the hear ing \n - What not to do! Justice Chan Seng Onn will provide the judge’s pe rspective and consider:\n What judges generally expect of expert witnesses What is helpful and what is not helpful in a trial Who is a good expert wi tness Some examples from previous cases of good and bad experts   Program me    05:00 – 05:05pm\n Opening Remarks by Chairperson   Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, School of La w at the Singapore University of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant, RHT La w Asia LLP, Singapore  05.05 – 05.45pm\n \n What Judges and Arbitrators Expect from Expert Witnesses - Counsel’s and Arbitrator’s Points of View S peaker:\n \n - Ms. Leigh-Ann Mulcahy QC - Silk, Fountain Court Chambers C ommentator:\n Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC -Vice President, Asia Pacific Ins titute of Experts; President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Dispute Re solution, Rajah & Tan LLP 05.45 – 06.15pm\n What Judges and Arb itrators Expect from Expert Witnesses - The Judge’s Perspective\n Speaker:\ n \n - Justice Chan Seng Onn – High Court Judge, Supreme Court of Singapor e Commentator:\n Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC -Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Disput e Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP 06.15 - 06.25pm\n Q & A modera ted by:\n Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute of Exper ts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences; Sen ior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP, Singapore\n 06.25 - 6.30pm\n Closin g Remarks\n  About the Speakers/Commentator\n Justice Chan Seng On n – 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 B achelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 1986, and Mast er of Laws from Cambridge University in 1987.\n He joined the Singapore Leg al Service in 1987 and became State Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). Subsequently, he was posted to Supr eme Court as Senior Assistant Registrar 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 app ointed Senior Counsel in 2001.\n Before joining the legal service, Justice  Chan was a Colombo Plan scholar. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science de gree from the University College, London. This was followed by a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and a Diploma in Business Administ ration from the National University of Singapore.  \n  \n \n   Ms. L eigh-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. Gregory Vijayendran SC -Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; President, Law Society of Si ngapore; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP   Gregory’s prese nt practice encompasses a specialization in banking and corporate insolvenc y as well as litigation, arbitration and mediation of commercial disputes a nd chancery matters. He is also a recognized expert in charities governance and has given expert witness testimony for overseas court proceedings. Gre gory graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1992, was admit ted to the Singapore Bar in 1993 and joined Rajah & Tann LLP after bein g in practice in two other leading law firms for 15 years (jointly heading the Banking and Insolvency Litigation Practice group of another leading law firm). Gregory was appointed Senior Counsel in 2019. Gregory presently ser ves as President of the Law Society and Vice President of the Singapore Aca demy of Law. He has also been appointed as a Fellow of the Insolvency Pract itioners Association of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrator s.  About the Chairperson/Moderator\n \n Prof. Leslie Chew SC - P resident, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Sin gapore University of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP, Singapore\nProf. Leslie Chew SC is the founding and current Dean of the Sch ool of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.  He has practice d law in one form or another for over 4 decades.  He was appointed Senior C ounsel in 2000.  In 2007 he was appointed a judge in the State Courts where he remained until his retirement in 2014.  At the State Courts he was the Senior District Judge leading the Civil Justice Division.  He retired from the judiciary in 2014. Upon his retirement from the Singapore Legal Service , he returned to law practice. Currently, he is a Senior Consultant at RHT Law Asia LLP.  He has an active practice as an arbitrator in International Commercial Arbitrations.\n  \n Registration Fees\n\n  Registration C losing Date: 26 November 2021 FEES\n(includes Webinar Materials, if any)\n APIEx Members\n S$40 Member of Reciprocal Partners:\n 1. Singapore C hambers of Maritime Arbitrations (SCMA)\n 2. Singapore Institute of Arbitra tors (SIArb)\n S$60 Others S$90  Download Brochure HERE (images/Event s/APIEx_WEBINAR_What_Judges_and_Arbitrators_Expect_from_Expert_Witnesses_30 _Nov_2021.pdf). \n Continuing Professional Development\n\n \n Practic e Area: Others/Multi-Disciplinary Training Level: General Public CPD Points : 1.5   \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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:

 
Programme
  

05:00 – 05 :05pm

Opening Remarks by Chairperson  
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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0 5.05 – 05.45pm

What Judges and Arbitrators Expect from Expert Witn esses - Counsel’s and Arbitrator’s Points of View

Speaker:

  • < span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ms. Le igh-Ann Mulcahy QC - Silk, Fountain Court Chambers

Commentator:

  • Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC -Vice President, Asia Pacifi c Institute of Experts; President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Dispu te Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP
< p>05.45 – 06.15pm

What Judges and Arbit rators Expect from Expert Witnesses - The Judge’s Perspective

Speaker:

  • Justice Chan Seng Onn – High Court Judge, Supreme Court of Singapo re

Commentator:

    Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC -Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP

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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Ms. Leigh-Ann Mulcahy QC - Silk, Fountain Court Chambers
Leigh-Ann is a leading advocate who is a member of Fountain Co urt Chambers (London & Singapore) and also has roles as Deputy High Cou rt Judge, President of the Panel of Senior Decision-Makers at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (from 1 January 2021), international commerci al arbitrator and mediator. She is also called to the Bar of the Republic o f Ireland. Her practice includes insurance and reinsurance, financial servi ces, product liability, professional negligence and discipline, public law and commercial disputes. She works both domestically and internationally, i ncluding in Asia (where she is a Registered Foreign Lawyer, Singapore Inter national Commercial Court) and the Caribbean. As a Fellow of the Royal Stat istical Society, she handles many cases involving heavy technical, expert a nd statistical evidence. Leigh-Ann is currently working on various COVID-19 related issues and was instructed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority in its test case on the validity of business interruption insurance claims.  She has acted for the UK Government for many years and was First Counsel to the Welsh Government from 2013 to 2016. Described as “a very clear, polish ed and persuasive advocate who definitely has the ear of the court”, Leigh- Ann has specialisms in appellate advocacy and cases involving multi-party l itigation. In addition to her courtroom skills, where one comments that “…j udges love her”, she is described as “absolute pleasure to work with”.

 About the Chairperson /Moderator

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.  

 

 
 
Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC -Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP  
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
Prof. L eslie Chew SC is the founding and current Dean of the School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.  He has practiced law in one form or another for over 4 decades.  He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2000.  I n 2007 he was appointed a judge in the State Courts where he remained until his retirement in 2014.  At the State Courts he was the Senior District Ju dge leading the Civil Justice Division.  He retired from the judiciary in 2 014. Upon his retirement from the Singapore Legal Service, he returned to l aw practice. Currently, he is a Senior Consultant at RHT Law Asia LLP.  He has an active practice as an arbitrator in International Commercial Arbitra tions.

 

Regi stration Fees

 Registr ation Closing Date: 26 November 2021

FEES
 (includes Webinar Materials, if any)

APIEx Members
< span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">S$40

Member of Reciprocal Partners:

1. Singapore C hambers of Maritime Arbitrations (SCMA)

2. Singapore Institute of A rbitrators (SIArb)

S$60
OthersS$9 0

 Download Brochure HERE. < /span>

Continuing Professional Development

Practice Area: Others/Multi-Disciplinary
Training Level: General
Public CPD Points: 1.5 

 

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