BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6f03381a71625be5556514fa3d55c706 CATEGORIES:Webinar CREATED:20220209T000300 SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Single Joint Experts – A New Balance in Singapore’s New Civil Procedure? (29 March 2022, 5.00pm - 6.30pm (GMT +8)) LOCATION:Zoom Webinar DESCRIPTION:Webinar Synopsis\nThe new Rules of Court which will take effect from 1 Apri l 2022 stipulate as a general rule that “as far as possible”, parties must agree on one common expert”.  This procedural change envisages a new Single Joint Expert (“SJE”) that has already been well recognised in other leadin g jurisdictions.\nConsidering past judicial critiques on a few expert battl es that saw more heat than light, will this new hybrid result in a new type of expert that trumps all other experts? Will this in turn lead to a new b alance in litigation that cures the mischief underlying this reform in the civil justice reform reports heralding this change? What happens if one par ty wishes to challenge an SJE’s report? Related to that, practical question s arise for consideration on how the new procedure and process is likely to work (including modalities for questioning in court).\nTo illuminate conce pt and share practical tips on the new “common expert” or single joint expe rt, an expert panel comprising lawyers as well as experts who have acted as SJEs outside Singapore will share their insights and wisdom with attendees .\n Programme 05:00 – 05:10pm\nOpening Remarks by Chairperson \nMr. Gregory Vijayendran SC - Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Immedi ate Past President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP\n05.10 – 06.00pm\nSingle Joint Experts – A New Balance in Singapore’s New Civil Procedure?\n - Mr. Chan Leng Sun SC - Senior Couns el and Chartered Arbitrator, Duxton Hill Chambers, Singapore\n - Mr. John B attersby - Group Managing Director, BKAsiaPacific Limited, Hong Kong\n - Mr . Graham Cooper - Principal Associate, Hawkins & Associates, Singapore  \n - Ms. Suzanne Delbridge – Director, Delbridge Forensic Accounting, Austr alia06.00- 06.25pm\nPanel discussion and Q & A moderated by:Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC - Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Immedi ate Past President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP06.25- 6.30pm\nClosing Remarks\n About the Speakers\n \n \nMr. John Battersby - Group Managing Director, BKAsiaPacific Limited, Hong KongMr. John Battersby, FCInstCES, FGIS, FASI, FCIOB, FHKICM, MRICS, MHKIS , FCMI, FCIArb, FHKIArb, MAE, RPS(QS) is Group Managing Director of BKAsiaP acific Limited and a Registered Professional Quantity Surveyor (Hong Kong) and Chartered Construction Manager having worked in the construction indust ry for 54 years, 38 years of which have been spent working on projects in H ong Kong, China and South East Asia. John has acted as an expert witness se veral times, both in arbitration and litigation, in respect of additional c ost/loss and expense/damages claims, measurement issues, adjustment of rate s, valuation of variations and causes and effects of delays to construction works.  He has acted both as party appointed expert and “single joint expe rt” (or “tribunal expert”).  He is a Practising Member of the Academy of Ex perts and accredited by the Academy as an Expert.  He has also been appoint ed as Arbitrator, Assessor, Adjudicator, Mediator and Dispute Resolution Ad visor several times. From his first hand experience of what can go wrong on various building and civil engineering projects, John understands the impo rtance of dispute avoidance through collaborative/cooperative contracting.  He has also worked on target cost contracts utilizing collaborative/cooper ative working procedures as well as NEC lump sum and measurement contracts and has conducted numerous seminars and workshops on these subjects.\n Mr. Chan Leng Sun SC - Senior Counsel and Chartered Arbitrator, Duxton Hill Cha mbers, Singapore\nLeng Sun is a Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Sing apore and a Chartered Arbitrator practicing with Duxton Hill Chambers. He i s a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Court of Arbit ration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is formerly the Gl obal Head of Arbitration of an international law firm and President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb). He is the Deputy Chairman of th e SGX Appeals Board. Leng Sun is qualified in Malaysia, Singapore and Engla nd. He has a broad commercial practice and has acted as counsel or sat as a rbitrator in arbitrations seated in Asia, Europe and USA under ad hoc and i nstitutional rules. Leng Sun had also served as a legal officer of the Unit ed Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva. Leng Sun was a lecturer at th e National University of Singapore Law School from 1990 to 1993. He started and taught the Arbitration course in the Singapore Management University L aw School as an adjunct in 2009 and 2010. Leng Sun is the author of the boo k, Singapore Law on Arbitral Awards and Co-Editor of Conflict of Laws in Ar bitration. Leng Sun is recognized among the top lawyers worldwide by legal directories, such as "Who's Who Thought Leaders – Litigation 2022", "Who's Who Legal - Arbitration 2022” and Acritas Stars 2021. He is described by WW L as being “among the very best disputes lawyers in the world” and lauded a s one of ALB Asia’s Super 50 Dispute Lawyers, which reported him to be “spe ctacular, with exceptional knowledge and depth of insight”.\n\n \nMr. Graha m Cooper - Principal Associate, Hawkins & Associates, SingaporeGraham o btained his first degree in Materials Technology from Coventry Polytechnic and his Masters degree in Advanced Materials Technology from the University of Surrey. He has been a Chartered Engineer since 1991 and is a Profession al Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining. After gradu ation, he spent 10 years with British Aerospace where he was primarily invo lved with materials development, manufacturing support and aircraft defect investigation. He went on to work for British Airways in 1995 as their comp any metallurgist and defect investigation specialist before joining Burgoyn es in 1998. Graham has investigated over 500 mechanical and materials relat ed cases including aircraft accidents and incidents, marine accidents and l osses, road traffic accidents, rail accidents, oil and gas production and p ipeline incidents, industrial process plant incidents and power generation turbine failures. He has previously worked in Singapore and has undertaken investigations in the UK, Ireland, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Far E ast and Australia. He has acted as an Expert Witness and Single Joint Exper t in litigation cases and has given expert evidence in civil and criminal c ourt cases, arbitrations and mediations. Graham joined our Leeds office as a Principal Associate in August 2014, and is now based in our office in Sin gapore.\n \n\nMs. Suzanne Delbridge – Director, Delbridge Forensic Accounti ng, AustraliaSuzanne is a Director of Delbridge Forensic Accounting, and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand. Suzanne spec ialises in the valuation of equity and businesses of all sizes, the investi gation of transactions and quantification of losses, and the structuring of settlements to achieve effective outcomes. The Newcastle based practice he aded by Suzanne completes work all over Australia, primarily for the purpos e of litigation, with a particular interest in the Family Law jurisdiction. Suzanne is regularly retained as an expert witness in property proceedings before the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia and the Fam ily Court of Western Australia. Suzanne has been retained as a single exper t witness since the introduction of those rules in the Family Law jurisdict ion in Australia in 2004. Suzanne is also retained for the purpose of comme rcial proceedings before the NSW Supreme and District Courts and other disp ute resolution forums. Suzanne is a regular writer and presenter of educati on on topics relevant to lawyers and accountants, particularly in the areas of business valuation and forensic accounting generally. About the Chairpe rson\n \n\nMr. Gregory Vijayendran SC - Vice President, Asia Pacific Instit ute of Experts; Immediate Past President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner , Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP\n\nGregory’s present practice enc ompasses a specialisation in banking and corporate insolvency as well as li tigation, arbitration and mediation of commercial disputes and chancery mat ters. He is also a recognised expert in charities governance and has given expert witness testimony for overseas court proceedings. Gregory graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1992, was admitted to the Sing apore Bar in 1993 and joined Rajah & Tann LLP after being in practice i n 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 serves as Immediat e Past President of the Law Society. He has also been appointed as a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore, the Singapore In stitute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Directors.\nRegistrat ion Fees\n\n Registration Closing Date: 12pm on 29th March 2022FEES\n(inclu des Webinar Materials, if any)\nAPIEx Members\nS$40Member of:\n1. Associati on of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)\n2. High Technology Crime Investigat ion Association (HTCIA)\n3. Singapore Chambers of Maritime Arbitrations (SC MA)\n4. Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb)\n5. Society of Construct ion Law (Singapore) (SCL(S))\nS$60OthersS$90Download Brochure HERE (images/ Events/APIEx_WEBINAR_Single_Joint_Experts_A_New_Balance_in_Singapores_New_C ivil_Procedure_29_Mar_2022_Brochure.pdf). \nContinuing Professional Develop ment\n\n\nPractice Area: Civil ProcedureTraining Level: UpdatePublic CPD Po ints: 1.5 \n  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Webinar Synopsis

The new Rules of Court which will take effect from 1 April 2022 stipulate as a general rule that “as far as possib le”, parties must agree on one common expert”.  This procedural change envi sages a new Single Joint Expert (“SJE”) that has already b een well recognised in other leading jurisdictions.

Considering past judicial critiques on a few expert battles t hat saw more heat than light, will this new hybrid result in a new type of expert that trumps all other experts? Will this in turn lead to a new balan ce in litigation that cures the mischief underlying this reform in the civi l justice reform reports heralding this change? What happens if one party w ishes to challenge an SJE’s report? Related to that, practical questions ar ise for consideration on how the new procedure and process is likely to wor k (including modalities for questioning in court).

To illuminate concept and share practical tips on the new “com mon expert” or single joint expert, an expert panel comprising lawyers as w ell as experts who have acted as SJEs outside Singapore will share their in sights and wisdom with attendees.

 
Programme 

05:00 – 05:10p m

Opening Rema rks by Chairperson 
Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC - Vice Preside nt, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Immediate Past President, Law Societ y of Singapore; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP

05.10 – 06.00pm
Single Joint Experts – A N ew Balance in Singapore’s New Civil Procedure?
  • Mr. Chan Leng Sun SC - Senior Counsel and Chartered Arbitrator, Duxton Hill Chamber s, Singapore
  • Mr. John Battersby - Group Managing Director, BKAsia Pacific Limited, Hong Kong
  • Mr. Graham Cooper - Principal Associat e, Hawkins & Associates, Singapore 
  • Ms. Suzanne Delbridge – D irector, Delbridge Forensic Accounting, Australia

06.00- 06.25pm

Panel discuss ion and Q & A moderated by:
Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC - Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Immediate Past President, Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Di spute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP

06.25- 6.30pm

Closing Remarks

 About the Speakers

 

Mr. John Battersby - Group M anaging Director, BKAsiaPacific Limited, Hong Kong

Mr. John Battersby, FCInstCES, FGIS, FASI, FCIOB, FHKICM, MRICS, MHKIS, FCMI, FCIArb, FHKIArb, MAE, RPS(QS) is Group Managing Director of BKAsiaPacific Limited and a Registered Professio nal Quantity Surveyor (Hong Kong) and Chartered Construction Manager having worked in the construction industry for 54 years, 38 years of which have b een spent working on projects in Hong Kong, China and South East Asia. John has acted as an expert witness several times, both in arbitration and liti gation, in respect of additional cost/loss and expense/damages claims, meas urement issues, adjustment of rates, valuation of variations and causes and effects of delays to construction works.  He has acted both as party appoi nted expert and “single joint expert” (or “tribunal expert”).  He is a Prac tising Member of the Academy of Experts and accredited by the Academy as an Expert.  He has also been appointed as Arbitrator, Assessor, Adjudicator, Mediator and Dispute Resolution Advisor several times. From his first hand experience of what can go wrong on various building and civil engineering p rojects, John understands the importance of dispute avoidance through colla borative/cooperative contracting.  He has also worked on target cost contra cts utilizing collaborative/cooperative working procedures as well as NEC l ump sum and measurement contracts and has conducted numerous seminars and w orkshops on these subjects.

 

Mr. Chan Leng Sun SC - Senior Counsel and Chartered Arbitrator, Duxton Hill Chambers, Singapore

Leng Sun is a Seni or Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Chartered Arbitrator pra cticing with Duxton Hill Chambers. He is a member of the Singapore Internat ional Arbitration Centre Court of Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arb itration and ADR. He is formerly the Global Head of Arbitration of an inter national law firm and President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators ( SIArb). He is the Deputy Chairman of the SGX Appeals Board. < span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Leng Sun is qualified in Malaysia, Singapore and England . He has a broad commercial practice and has acted as counsel or sat as arb itrator in arbitrations seated in Asia, Europe and USA under ad hoc and ins titutional rules. Leng Sun had also served as a legal officer of the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva. Leng Sun was a lecturer at the National University of Singapore Law Scho ol from 1990 to 1993. He started and taught the Arbitration course in the S ingapore Management University Law School as an adjunct in 2009 and 2010. L eng Sun is the author of the book, Singapore Law on Arbitral Awards and Co- Editor of Conflict of Laws in Arbitration. Leng Sun is recognized among the top lawyers worldwide by legal directori es, such as "Who's Who Thought Leaders – Litigation 2022", "Who's Who Legal - Arbitration 2022” and Acritas Stars 2021. He is described by WWL as bein g “among the very best disputes lawyers in the world” and lauded as one of ALB Asia’s Super 50 Dispute Lawyer s, which reported him to be “spectacular, with exceptional knowledge and depth of insight”.

 

 Mr. Graham Cooper - Principal Associate, Hawkins & Associates, Singapore

Gr aham obtained his first degree in Materials Technology from Coventry Polyte chnic and his Masters degree in Advanced Materials Technology from the Univ ersity of Surrey. He has been a Chartered Engineer since 1991 and is a Prof essional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining. After graduation, he spent 10 years with British Aerospace where he was primaril y involved with materials development, manufacturing support and aircraft d efect investigation. He went on to work for British Airways in 1995 as thei r company metallurgist and defect investigation specialist before joining B urgoynes in 1998. Graham has investigated over 500 mechanical and materials related cases including aircraft accidents and incidents, marine accidents and losses, road traffic accidents, rail accidents, oil and gas production and pipeline incidents, industrial process plant incidents and power gener ation turbine failures. He has previously worked in Singapore and has under taken investigations in the UK, Ireland, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Far East and Australia. He has acted as an Expert Witness and Single Joint Expert in litigation cases and has given expert evidence in civil and crim inal court cases, arbitrations and mediations. Graham joined our Leeds offi ce as a Principal Associate in August 2014, and is now based in our office in Singapore.

 

< span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ms. Suzanne Delbridge – Director, Delbridge Forensic Accounting, Australi a
Suzanne is a Director of Delbridge Forensic Accounti ng, and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand. Su zanne specialises in the valuation of equity and businesses of all sizes, t he investigation of transactions and quantification of losses, and the stru cturing of settlements to achieve effective outcomes. The Newcastle based p ractice headed by Suzanne completes work all over Australia, primarily for the purpose of litigation, with a particular interest in the Family Law jur isdiction. Suzanne is regularly retained as an expert witness in property p roceedings before the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia a nd the Family Court of Western Australia. Suzanne has been retained as a si ngle expert witness since the introduction of those rules in the Family Law jurisdiction in Australia in 2004. Suzanne is also retained for the purpos e of commercial proceedings before the NSW Supreme and District Courts and other dispute resolution forums. Suzanne is a regular writer and presenter of education on topics relevant to lawyers and accountants, particularly in the areas of business valuation and forensic accounting generally.< /div>

  About the Chairperson

 

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

Gregory’s present practice encompasses a specialisation in banki ng and corporate insolvency as well as litigation, arbitration and mediatio n of commercial disputes and chancery matters. He is also a recognised expe rt in charities governance and has given expert witness testimony for overs eas court proceedings. Gregory graduated from the National University of Si ngapore 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 (jointly heading the Banking and Insolvency Litigation Practice gr oup of another leading law firm). Gregory was appointed Senior Counsel in 2 019. Gregory presently serves as Immediate Past President of the Law Societ y. He has also been appointed as a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners A ssociation of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Sin gapore Institute of Directors.

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Continuing Professional Development

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