BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65316f64699a98ebdddc6f0ee275f025 CATEGORIES:Seminar CREATED:20240212T220223 SUMMARY:IN-PERSON SEMINAR: “New Heights in SICC's Assessment of Expert Evidence” (25 March 2024, 4.00pm - 7.00pm (GMT +8)) LOCATION:The Big Picture\, Capital Tower\, Level 9\, 168 Robinson Road\, Singapore 0 68912 DESCRIPTION:\n About the Speakers/Panel Commentators\n    Ms. Shobna Chandran – Man aging Director, Shobna Chandran LLC\n Upon graduation with a close to perfe ct academic record, Shobna was a Justices Law Clerk to the Chief Justice an d the Court of Appeal bench until 2008. Shobna has worked with at least 3 S enior Counsel over her 15-year career. She thrives in appellate advocacy an d high stakes cross border commercial disputes. Shobna has successfully arg ued cases and won all the way up to the Court of Appeal against Senior Coun sel. Notably, she has acted as lead counsel on more than 6 appeal matters i n the span of the last 2 years. On the arbitration front, Shobna has spent her entire career doing international arbitration, having handled arbitrati on matters in excess of billion dollars. She is currently a fellow of the S ingapore Institute of Arbitrators. Her cases range from telecommunications to pharmaceutical industry to solar/renewable energy, shareholder disputes and banking and finance related disputes. The jurisdictions involve include Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, USA and Africa .    Prof. Chen Siyuan - Assoc Professor of Law, SMU; Assoc Dean (St udents and Alumni); Director of Moots\n Chen Siyuan is one of the associate deans at the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law. A graduate of NUS and Harvar d, he specialises in evidence and procedure, having produced more than a hu ndred publications on those areas including in journals such as the Civil J ustice Quarterly and International Journal of Evidence & Proof. His wor ks, especially his books on evidence and procedure, have been cited by the Singapore and Indian courts, as well as the UK Law Commission. Siyuan has a lso been a Professorial Fellow at the AGC since 2018 and directs the intern ational moots programme at SMU, which has seen SMU mooters feature regularl y in the world championship rounds of major competitions such as the Jessup and Vis.\n About the Moderator \n    Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC – Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Partner, Dispute Resolut ion, Rajah & Tan LLP \n Gregory’s present practice encompasses a specia lization in banking and corporate insolvency as well as litigation, arbitra tion and mediation of commercial disputes and chancery matters. He is also a recognised expert in charities governance and has given expert witness te stimony for overseas court proceedings. Gregory graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1992, was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1993 and joined Rajah & Tann LLP after being in practice in two other leadi ng law firms for 15 years (jointly heading the Banking and Insolvency Litig ation Practice group of another leading law firm). Gregory was appointed Se nior Counsel in 2019. Gregory was the longest serving President of the Law Society from 2017-2021. He has also been appointed as a Fellow of the Insol vency Practitioners Association of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Ar bitrators and the Singapore Institute of Directors.\n Registration Fees \n\n MEMBERSHIP (Please circle as appropriate) FEES\n\n APIEx Member \n S$50 Member of: 1. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) 2. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) 3. Chartered Institute of Build ing (Singapore) (CIOB) 4. Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISC A) 5. Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore (IVAS) 6. Lighthouse C lub Singapore (LHC(S)) 7. Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) 8. Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP) 9. Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (SCL(S)) 10. Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) 11. Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Singapore Branch) (STEP (Singap ore Branch)) S$100  Expert on IPOS' List of Experts \n S$100 Others S$120 Download Brochure HERE (images/Events/2024/APIEx_New_Heights_in_SI CCs_Assessment_of_Expert_Evidence_25_March_2024_2702024.pdf). \n Continuing Professional Development\n\n \n Practice Area: Civil Procedure Train ing Level: Update Public CPD Points: 2   \n   X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the Speakers/Panel Commentators

  

Ms. Shobna Chandran – Managing Director, Shobna Chandran LLC

Upon graduatio n with a close to perfect academic record, Shobna was a Justices Law Clerk to the Chief Justice and the Court of Appeal bench until 2008. Shobna has w orked with at least 3 Senior Counsel over her 15-year career. She thrives i n appellate advocacy and high stakes cross border commercial disputes. Shob na has successfully argued cases and won all the way up to the Court of App eal against Senior Counsel. Notably, she has acted as lead counsel on more than 6 appeal matters in the span of the last 2 years. On the arbitration f ront, Shobna has spent her entire career doing international arbitration, h aving handled arbitration matters in excess of billion dollars. She is curr ently a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Her cases range f rom telecommunications to pharmaceutical industry to solar/renewable energy , shareholder disputes and banking and finance related disputes. The jurisd ictions involve include Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam , India, USA and Africa.
  

Prof. Chen Siyuan - Assoc Professor of Law, SMU; Assoc Dean (Students a nd Alumni); Director of Moots

Chen Siyuan is one of the associate deans at the SMU Yong Pung How Sc hool of Law. A graduate of NUS and Harvard, he specialises in evidence and procedure, having produced more than a hundred publications on those areas including in journals such as the Civil Justice Quarterly and International Journal of Evidence & Proof. His works, especially his books on eviden ce and procedure, have been cited by the Singapore and Indian courts, as we ll as the UK Law Commission. Siyuan has also been a Professorial Fellow at the AGC since 2018 and directs the international moots programme at SMU, wh ich has seen SMU mooters feature regularly in the world championship rounds of major competitions such as the Jessup and Vis.

About the Moderator 

  

Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC – Vi ce President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Partner, Dispute Resolutio n, Rajah & Tan LLP

Gregory’s present practice encompasses a specialization in banking and corp orate insolvency as well as litigation, arbitration and mediation of commer cial disputes and chancery matters. He is also a recognised expert in chari ties governance and has given expert witness testimony for overseas court p roceedings. Gregory graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1992, was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1993 and joined Rajah & Tann LLP after being in practice in two other leading law firms for 15 years (j ointly heading the Banking and Insolvency Litigation Practice group of anot her leading law firm). Gregory was appointed Senior Counsel in 2019. Gregor y was the longest serving President of the Law Society from 2017-2021. He h as also been appointed as a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Associat ion of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Registration Fees

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FEES

APIEx Member
S$50
Member of:< /strong>
1. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
2. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
3. Chart ered Institute of Building (Singapore) (CIOB)
4. Institute of S ingapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)
5. Institute of Valuers a nd Appraisers, Singapore (IVAS)
6. Lighthouse Club Singapore (L HC(S))
7. Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA)
8. Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP)
9. Soci ety of Construction Law (Singapore) (SCL(S))
10. Singapore Inst itute of Arbitrators (SIArb)
11. Society of Trust and Estate Pr actitioners (Singapore Branch) (STEP (Singapore Branch))

Expert on IPOS' List of Experts 

S$100
OthersS$120

Download Brochur e HERE. 

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Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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Public CPD Points: 2 

 

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