BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20220208T170000 RDATE:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Singapore +08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7991b01cf62f10ccfb55c85a5ebe7e37 CATEGORIES:Seminar CREATED:20221212T164909 SUMMARY:SEMINAR: HEAD TO HEAD: “What Lawyers And Experts Say About Each Other (and How Arbitrators/Judges Manage)” (9 February 2023) LOCATION:Room 901\, Level 9 NTUC Centre\, One Marina Boulevard\, Singapore 018989 DESCRIPTION:Seminar Synopsis\n Inherent tensions can exist in the roles that Counsel an d Experts play in the arbitral or judicial process that often require caref ul navigation to ensure their respective duties are properly fulfilled. Bal ancing the competing demands of advocacy vs neutrality, expertise vs consul tation, interests of the client vs the duty to the tribunal or Court, have real consequences that spill over into the reality of everyday decisions ma de by both Counsel and Expert. How often have you heard Experts say:\n "I could not make any progress at the joint meeting of experts because their e xpert told their lawyer that he cannot make a concession that he would othe rwise agree."  "Allow their lawyers to use their report as submissions". "f ail to understand what is hearsay and what is not." Or Counsel say:\n \n - “You are not to be a hired gun but could you just write this?” \n - “This case will never go to court so could you write this to make it a strong re port.” In this seminar, we will cover these, and other, points and take a tongue-in-cheek approach to peeling back some of these real challenges with a view to equipping both Counsel and Experts to better deal with them.\n O ur panel of a seasoned expert, an experienced lawyer and leading King’s Cou nsel in international arbitration promises to make this an informative yet fun session!\n Seminar Programme  04:45 – 05:00pm\n Registrations\n 05.00 – 05.05pm\n Welcome Remarks Moderator: Ms. Sapna Jhangiani KC, Adv ocate, Arbitrator, Mediator 05.05- 06.05pm\n What Lawyers and Experts Say about Each Other: \n - Mr. Paul Aston – Certified Foreign Consultant, AsiaLegal LLC; Accredited Mediator and Arbitrator\n \n - John Gibson – Di rector of Asia, Marine Engineer, Brookes Bell And How Arbitrators/Judges M anage:\n \n - Ms. Sapna Jhangiani KC - Advocate, Arbitrator, Mediator 06.05- 6.25pm\n Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A  6.25 - 6. 30pm Closing Remarks  About the Speakers\n \n Mr. John Gibson – Director of Asia, Marine Engineer, Brookes Bell John was at sea for twenty years before joining the Brookes Bell in 1996. He is a Chartered Engineer, with a Master’s degree, and in 2001 John became a partner at Brookes Bell. An expert in his field, John uses his extensive consultancy and investigati ve experience to provide comprehensive assessments of marine and offshore c asualties and disputes. The type of investigations John conducts are as div erse as they are thorough. As a member of the Institution of Fire Engineers John also reports on fatal and non-fatal fires. John has provided technica l evidence for court proceedings and arbitration around the world and gives advice to owners on emerging technologies and their requirements. From 201 2 he has been based in Singapore having set up the Brookes Bell office ther e and currently oversees their three Asia offices. More recently John has b een seconded to Houston to oversee the start of Brookes Bell’s expansion in to the US region. John is also a supporting member of the LMAA, a member of SCMA and a Fellow and founding member of APIEx.\n \n Mr. Paul Aston – Certified Foreign Consultant, AsiaLegal LLC; Accredited Mediator and Arbi trator\n Paul has substantial experience of acting for parties in internati onal litigation, arbitration and mediation in several jurisdictions. Where appropriate, he acts as an advocate. He advises on commercial transactions and projects in the maritime, offshore and commodity sectors (mainly Oil an d Gas). Paul specialises in all aspects of shipping, transport and insuranc e, down and midstream oil and gas transactions, ship building, ship repair disputes; advising shipyards and buyers on contracts for the construction o f various offshore structures, (rigs/FPSO) as well as their utilisation off shore. He is regarded as being good at working with experts, quick to pick up on technical concepts, in construction and engineering, and burdened wit h a mild obsession for attention to detail.  Paul is an FCIArb accredited l awyer, CEDR accredited mediator and has obtained English Court Higher Right s of Audience (Civil) - an advocacy qualification. He has more than 23 year s of working in Asia as a foreign certified lawyer in Singapore (which incl uded founding the HFW Singapore office) and has also served in HFW's London , Shanghai and Hong Kong offices. Since August 2022, Paul has been a consul tant certified foreign lawyer at AsiaLegal LLC.  He is always pleased to ac cept appointments as an arbitrator and a mediator and has a passion for med iation.\n \n  About the Moderator\n \n Ms. Sapna Jhangiani KC - Ad vocate, Arbitrator, Mediator Sapna Jhangiani KC has over two decades’ exper ience as Counsel or arbitrator in commercial disputes seated in diverse jur isdictions such as London, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, th e Cayman Islands and Mauritius. Sapna has practised in London, New York, Du bai and Singapore and is dual-qualified as an English barrister, and an adv ocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. She has appeared bef ore a wide spectrum of Tribunals, including the UK Supreme Court, Internati onal Commercial Courts at first instance and appellate level, and the Supre me Court of Singapore. She is currently International Legal Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore, alongside which she maintains a pra ctice as arbitrator and mediator. Sapna is a Fellow and Chartered Arbitrato r of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is Chair of the Singapore Branch of the Institute. She is also an editor of Investor State Law Guide. She is ranked in all the main legal directories, and was named by Asia Law Business Journal as one of the top 15 female lawyers in Asia. \n  \n R egistration Fees\n\n MEMBERSHIP FEES\n\n APIEx Members\n S$40 Me mber of:\n 1. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)\n 2. High Tec hnology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)\n 3. Singapore Chambers of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA)\n 4. Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) \n 5. Society of Construction Law (Singapore) (SCL(S))\n S$70 Others S$9 0 Download Brochure HERE (images/Events/APIEx_What_Lawyers_and_Experts_S ay_about_Each_Other_9_Feb_2023_Brochure.pdf). \n  \n Continuing Professiona l Development\n\n \n Practice Area: Civil Procedure Training Level: U pdate Public CPD Points: 1.5   \n     X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Seminar Synopsis

Inherent tensions can exist in the role s that Counsel and Experts play in the arbitral or judicial process that of ten require careful navigation to ensure their respective duties are proper ly fulfilled. Balancing the competing demands of advocacy vs neutrality, ex pertise vs consultation, interests of the client vs the duty to the tribuna l or Court, have real consequences that spill over into the reality of ever yday decisions made by both Counsel and Expert. How often have you heard Ex perts say:

Or Counsel say:

In this seminar, we will cover thes e, and other, points and take a tongue-in-cheek approach to peeling back so me of these real challenges with a view to equipping both Counsel and Exper ts to better deal with them.

Our panel of a seasoned expert, an experienced lawyer and leading King’s Counsel in international arbitration promises to make this an informative yet fun sess ion!

Seminar Programme 
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06.05- 6.25pm

04:45 – 05:00pm

Registrations

05.00 – 05.05pm
Welcome Remarks
Moderat or: Ms. Sapna Jhangiani KC, Advocate, Arbitrator, Mediator

0 5.05- 06.05pm

Wha t Lawyers and Experts Say about Each Other:
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  • John Gibson – Director of Asia, Marine Engineer, Brookes B ell

And How Arbitrators/Judges M anage:

  • Ms. Sapna Jhangiani KC - Advocate, Arbi trator, Mediator
Moderated Panel Discussion and Q &am p; A
 6.25 - 6.30pm
Closing Remarks

 About the S peakers

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Mr. Paul Aston – Certified Foreign Consultant, AsiaLegal LLC; Accredi ted Mediator and Arbitrator

Paul has substantial experience of acting for parties in international li tigation, arbitration and mediation in several jurisdictions. Where appropr iate, he acts as an advocate. He advises on commercial transactions and pro jects in the maritime, offshore and commodity sectors (mainly Oil and Gas). Paul specialises in all aspects of shipping, transport and insurance, down and midstream oil and gas transactions, ship building, ship repair dispute s; advising shipyards and buyers on contracts for the construction of vario us offshore structures, (rigs/FPSO) as well as their utilisation offshore. He is regarded as being good at working with experts, quick to pick up on t echnical concepts, in construction and engineering, and burdened with a mil d obsession for attention to detail.  Paul is an FCIArb accredited lawyer, CEDR accredited mediator and has obtained English Court Higher Rights of Au dience (Civil) - an advocacy qualification. He has more than 23 years of wo rking in Asia as a foreign certified lawyer in Singapore (which included fo unding the HFW Singapore office) and has also served in HFW's London, Shang hai and Hong Kong offices. Since August 2022, Paul has been a consultant ce rtified foreign lawyer at AsiaLegal LLC.  He is always pleased to accept ap pointments as an arbitrator and a mediator and has a passion for mediation.

Mr. John Gibson – Dir ector of Asia, Marine Engineer, Brookes Bell

John was at sea for twenty years before joining th e Brookes Bell in 1996. He is a Chartered Engineer, with a Master’s degree, and in 2001 John became a partner at Brookes Bell. An expert in his field, John uses his extensive consultancy and investigative experience to provid e comprehensive assessments of marine and offshore casualties and disputes. The type of investigations John conducts are as diverse as they are thorou gh. As a member of the Institution of Fire Engineers John also reports on f atal and non-fatal fires. John has provided technical evidence for court pr oceedings and arbitration around the world and gives advice to owners on em erging technologies and their requirements. From 2012 he has been based in Singapore having set up the Brookes Bell office there and currently oversee s their three Asia offices. More recently John has been seconded to Houston to oversee the start of Brookes Bell’s expansion into the US region. John is also a supporting member of the LMAA, a member of SCMA and a Fellow and founding member of APIEx.

 About the Moderator

Ms. Sapna Jhangiani KC - Advocate, Arbitrator, Med iator

Sapna Jhangiani KC ha s over two decades’ experience as Counsel or arbitrator in commercial dispu tes seated in diverse jurisdictions such as London, Paris, Hong Kong, Singa pore, Dubai, Malaysia, the Cayman Islands and Mauritius. Sapna has practise d in London, New York, Dubai and Singapore and is dual-qualified as an Engl ish barrister, and an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singap ore. She has appeared before a wide spectrum of Tribunals, including the UK Supreme Court, International Commercial Courts at first instance and appel late level, and the Supreme Court of Singapore. She is currently Internatio nal Legal Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore, alongside which she maintains a practice as arbitrator and mediator. Sapna is a Fello w and Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and i s Chair of the Singapore Branch of the Institute. She is also an editor of Investor State Law Guide. She is ranked in all the main legal directories, and was named by Asia Law Business Journal as one of the top 15 female lawy ers in Asia. 

 

Registration Fees
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MEMBERSHIP

FEES

APIEx Members

M ember of:

1. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

2. High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)

3. Singapore Chambers of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA)

4. Singapore Ins titute of Arbitrators (SIArb)

5. Society of Construction Law (Singa pore) (SCL(S))

S$70
OthersS$90

Download Brochure HERE. 

 

Continuing Professional Devel opment

Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Training Level: Updat e
Public CPD Points: 1.5 

 

 
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