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.

Seminar Programme

05:00 – 05:15pm

Registrations
05.15 – 05.20pm	W elcome Remarks Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President , Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore U niversity of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP
05.20- 06.20pm	The Unexpected Consequences of Expert Evidence Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences; Senior Consul tant, RHT Law Asia LLP Mr. Chew Xiang – Partner, Rajah & Tann LLP Mr. Jonathan Ellis - Managing Director, Secretariat Internat ional
06.20- 6.30pm	Panel Discussion and Q & A
6.30 - 6.35pm	~~Closing Remarks~~ ~~Mr. Jonatha n Ellis - Managing Director, Secretariat International~~

About the Speakers

Prof. Leslie Chew SC - President, Asia Pacifi c Institute of Experts; Dean, School of Law at the Singapore University of Social Sciences; Senior Consultant, RHT Law Asia LLP

Prof. Leslie Chew SC is the foundi ng and current Dean of the School of Law at the Singapore University of Soc ial Sciences. He has practiced law in one form or another for over 4 decade s. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2000. In 2007 he was appointed a judg e in the State Courts where he remained until his retirement in 2014. At t he 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 a rbitrator in International 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, Secretariat Internati onal

Mr. Jonathan Ellis is a managing director with Secretariat and is based in Singapore. He spec ialises in the quantification of damages and valuations, in particular in d ispute contexts. He has worked on matters before the UK and Singapore High Courts as well as in ad hoc, SIAC, LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID arb itration forums. He has provided oral testimony on a number of occasions, i n both court and arbitration, and has been engaged as a tribunal appointed expert. Since 2017, Jonathan has been recognised among the leading arbitrat ion expert witnesses worldwide by Who's Who Legal, where he has been classi fied as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” every year since 2020 and a “Nation al Leader” in the inaugural Southeast Asia Arbitration list.

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Others	S$90

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Practice Area: Civil Procedure

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