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:\nAbout the Speakers/Panel Commentators\n  Ms. Shobna Chandran – Managing D irector, Shobna Chandran LLC\nUpon graduation with a close to perfect acade mic record, Shobna was a Justices Law Clerk to the Chief Justice and the Co urt of Appeal bench until 2008. Shobna has worked with at least 3 Senior Co unsel over her 15-year career. She thrives in appellate advocacy and high s takes cross border commercial disputes. Shobna has successfully argued case s and won all the way up to the Court of Appeal against Senior Counsel. Not ably, she has acted as lead counsel on more than 6 appeal matters in the sp an of the last 2 years. On the arbitration front, Shobna has spent her enti re career doing international arbitration, having handled arbitration matte rs in excess of billion dollars. She is currently a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Her cases range from telecommunications to pharm aceutical industry to solar/renewable energy, shareholder disputes and bank ing and finance related disputes. The jurisdictions involve include Malaysi a, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, USA and Africa.  Prof. Chen Siyuan - Assoc Professor of Law, SMU; Assoc Dean (Students and Alumni ); Director of Moots\nChen Siyuan is one of the associate deans at the SMU Yong Pung How School 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 a nd International Journal of Evidence & Proof. His works, especially his books on evidence and procedure, have been cited by the Singapore and Indi an courts, as well as the UK Law Commission. Siyuan has also been a Profess orial Fellow at the AGC since 2018 and directs the international moots prog ramme at SMU, which has seen SMU mooters feature regularly in the world cha mpionship rounds of major competitions such as the Jessup and Vis.\nAbout t he Moderator \n  Mr. Gregory Vijayendran SC – Vice President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Partner, Dispute Resolution, Rajah & Tan LLP \nGr egory’s present practice encompasses a specialization in banking and corpor ate insolvency as well as litigation, arbitration and mediation of commerci al disputes and chancery matters. He is also a recognised expert in chariti es governance and has given expert witness testimony for overseas court pro ceedings. Gregory graduated from the National University of Singapore in 19 92, was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1993 and joined Rajah & Tann L LP after being in practice in two other leading law firms for 15 years (joi ntly heading the Banking and Insolvency Litigation Practice group of anothe r leading law firm). Gregory was appointed Senior 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 Insolvency Practitioners Associatio n of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore In stitute of Directors.\nRegistration Fees\n\nMEMBERSHIP (Please circle as ap propriate)FEES\n\nAPIEx Member\nS$50Member of:1. Association of Certified F raud Examiners (ACFE)2. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)3. Charte red Institute of Building (Singapore) (CIOB)4. Institute of Singapore Chart ered Accountants (ISCA)5. Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore (I VAS)6. Lighthouse Club Singapore (LHC(S))7. Singapore Chamber of Maritime A rbitration (SCMA)8. Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP)9. Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (SCL(S))10. Singapore Institute of Arbitrat ors (SIArb)11. Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Singapore Branch) (STEP (Singapore Branch))S$100 Expert on IPOS' List of Experts \nS$100Othe rsS$120Download Brochure HERE (images/Events/2024/APIEx_New_Heights_in_SICC s_Assessment_of_Expert_Evidence_25_March_2024_2702024.pdf). \nContinuing Pr ofessional Development\n\n\nPractice Area: Civil ProcedureTraining Level: U pdatePublic 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
< div>T raining Level: Update
Public CPD Points: 2 

 

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