05:00 – 05:15pm | Re gistrations |
| 05.15 – 05.20pm | Welcome Remarks Prof
. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, Scho
ol of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant
, RHT Law Asia LLP |
05.20- 06.20pm | The Unexpected Consequences of Expert Ev
idence
|
06.20- 6.30pm | Panel Discus
sion and Q & A |
6.30 - 6.35pm | Closing Remarks Mr. Jonathan Ellis - Managing Director, Secret
ariat International |
About the Speakers
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Prof. Leslie Chew SC is the founding and current Dean of the School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He has practiced law i n one form or another for over 4 decades. He was appointed Senior Counsel i n 2000. In 2007 he was appointed a judge in the State Courts where he remai ned until his retirement in 2014. At the State Courts he was the Senior Di strict Judge leading the Civil Justice Division. He retired from the judic iary in 2014. Upon his retirement from the Singapore Legal Service, he retu rned to law practice. Currently, he is a Senior Consultant at RHT Law Asia LLP. He has an active practice as an arbitrator in International Commercia l Arbitrations.
Mr. Chew Xiang – Partner, Rajah & Tann LLP
Mr. Chew Xiang is a Restructuring & Ins
olvency Partner at Rajah & Tann Singapore with significant experience i
n a range of commercial disputes, shareholder fights, and contentious restr
ucturing and insolvency matters. He has been recognised as one of Singapore
's most influential lawyers aged 40 and under by Singapore Business Review
in 2019. Ch
ew Xiang was formerly a journalist and served as a Justices’ Law Clerk befo
re joining Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP in 2015, and was placed on the Su
preme Court’s Young Amicus Curiae Scheme in 2017 where he assisted the High
Court on two appeals relating to the Prevention of Corruption Act.<
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Mr. Jonathan Ellis - Ma naging Director, Secretariat International
Mr. Jonathan Ellis is a managing director with Secretar iat and is based in Singapore. He specialises in the quantification of dama ges and valuations, in particular in dispute contexts. He has worked on mat ters before the UK and Singapore High Courts as well as in ad hoc, SIAC, LC IA, ICC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration forums. He has provided oral testimony on a number of occasions, in both court and arbitration, and has been engaged as a tribunal appointed expert. Since 2017, Jonathan has been recognised among the leading arbitration expert witnesses worldwide by Who 's Who Legal, where he has been classified as a “Global Elite Thought Leade r” every year since 2020 and a “National Leader” in the inaugural Southeast Asia Arbitration list.
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1. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACF E) 2. High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) 3. Singapore Chambers of Maritime Arbitrations (SCMA) 4. Singapo re Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) 5. Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (SCL(S)) | S$60 |
| Others | S$90 |
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tice Area: Civil Procedure Training Level: Update <
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ublic CPD Points: 1.5 |
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If you a re displaying any COVID-19 symptoms, we encourage you to perform self-testi ng. If you test positive, please do not attend the Event and contact the Or ganisers.- Verification of COVID-19 Vaccination Status i s not required for admission to the Event and Safe Management Measures do n ot apply as of 10 October 2022, based on prevailing national guidelines in Singapore. Should there be any updates from the Ministry of Health (Singapo re) leading up to the Event, the Organisers will be in touch with further i nformation.
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Seminar Synopsis
In this seminar we will e xplore the issues that can arise from the provision of expert evidence, bot h when experts do not fully consider all of the facts presented (either thr ough their own omission, through limitation of their scope, or through thei r instructions) and when their evidence has additional consequences. Additi onally, the panel will explore the immunity of experts and the circumstance s when this immunity may not hold, including the issues of trying to limit liability.
05:00 – 05:15pm | Re gistrations |
| 05.15 – 05.20pm | Welcome Remarks Prof
. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, Scho
ol of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant
, RHT Law Asia LLP |
05.20- 06.20pm | The Unexpected Consequences of Expert Ev
idence
|
06.20- 6.30pm | Panel Discus
sion and Q & A |
6.30 - 6.35pm | Closing Remarks Mr. Jonathan Ellis - Managing Director, Secret
ariat International |
About the Speakers
Prof. Leslie Chew SC is the founding and current Dea n of the School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He h as practiced law in one form or another for over 4 decades. He was appointe d Senior Counsel in 2000. In 2007 he was appointed a judge in the State Cou rts where he remained until his retirement in 2014. At the State Courts he was the Senior District Judge leading the Civil Justice Division. He reti red from the judiciary in 2014. Upon his retirement from the Singapore Lega l Service, he returned to law practice. Currently, he is a Senior Consultan t at RHT Law Asia LLP. He has an active practice as an arbitrator in Inter national Commercial Arbitrations.
Mr. Chew Xiang – Partner, Raja h & Tann LLP
Mr. Che
w Xiang is a Restructuring & Insolvency Partner at Rajah & Tann Sin
gapore with significant experience in a range of commercial disputes, share
holder fights, and contentious restructuring and insolvency matters. He has
been recognised as one of Singapore's most influential lawyers aged 40 and
under by Singapore Business Review in 2019
. Chew Xiang was formerly a journalist and
served as a Justices’ Law Clerk before joining Rajah & Tann Singapore L
LP in 2015, and was placed on the Supreme Court’s Young Amicus Curiae Schem
e in 2017 where he assisted the High Court on two appeals relating to the P
revention of Corruption Act.
Mr. Jonathan Ellis - Managing Director, Secr etariat International
Mr. Jonathan Ellis is a managing director with Secretariat and is based in S ingapore. He specialises in the quantification of damages and valuations, i n particular in dispute contexts. He has worked on matters before the UK an d Singapore High Courts as well as in ad hoc, SIAC, LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, UNCIT RAL and ICSID arbitration forums. He has provided oral testimony on a numbe r of occasions, in both court and arbitration, and has been engaged as a tr ibunal appointed expert. Since 2017, Jonathan has been recognised among the leading arbitration expert witnesses worldwide by Who's Who Legal, where h e has been classified as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” every year since 2 020 and a “National Leader” in the inaugural Southeast Asia Arbitration lis t.
| MEMBERSHIP | FEES |
| APIEx
Members | S$30 |
Member of: 1. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) 2. High Te chnology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) 3. Singapore Chamb ers of Maritime Arbitrations (SCMA) 4. Singapore Institute of Arbit rators (SIArb) 5. Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (SCL(S))< /span> | S$60 |
| Others | S$90 |
Download Brochure HERE. < /p>
Venue Sponsor
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Continuing Professional Development
| Practice Area: Civil Procedure Training Level: Updat
e Public CPD Points: 1.5 |
S
ILE Attendance Policy
Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they
must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guideli
nes. For this activity, this includes signing in on arrival and signing out
at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser,
and not being absent from the entire activity for more than 15 minutes. Pa
rticipants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to
obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to http://www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more informat
ion.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By completing the online registration form, event registra nts confirm their acceptance of the following Terms and Conditions:
- Holding of the in-person Event is subject to the approval of any re levant government authorities, including the Singapore Tourism Board.
- Places to attend the Event in-person are limited and will be allocated by the Organisers based on various qualifying criteria (includin g COVID-19 risks) and in order of priority upon receipt of registration and all payments due.
- In-person attendees must abide by al l COVID-19 safe management measures imposed by the Government, the Event ve nue and the Organisers.
- We reserve the right to refuse to register or admit any participant, and to cancel or postpone the Event.< /span>
- Equivalent substitute delegates are welcomed for Event, subject to the Organisers being notified at least 7 working days before th e Event of the substitute delegate. Proposed substitute delegates for the E vent must be notified to the Organisers at least 7 working days before the Event and the Organisers reserve absolute discretion as to whether to accep t such substitute delegate based on the information provided.< /li>
- If you are displaying any COVID-19 symptoms, we encourage you to per form self-testing. If you test positive, please do not attend the Event and contact the Organisers.
- Verification of COVID-19 Vacci nation Status is not required for admission to the Event and Safe Managemen t Measures do not apply as of 10 October 2022, based on prevailing national guidelines in Singapore. Should there be any updates from the Ministry of Health (Singapore) leading up to the Event, the Organisers will be in touch with further information.
- Do note that, NO WALK-INS a re permitted and anyone who has not been pre-registered for the event will be turned away.
- Mask wearing is optional at all time s during the Event.
- Please practice good personal hygie ne, including frequent washing of hands.
- By completing this form, you fully consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal d ata as appears in this form by APIEx for the purposes set out on your websi te. Visit apiex.org.sg to read our P ersonal Data Policy.
- You confirm that all details submitted in yo ur event registration form are true and accurate.
If you are also registering guest(s), please regist er yourself first and then select Add Guest at bottom of the online form.