Joint Conference - Singapore April 2013
Finance, Property and Business Litigation in a Changing World
A Joint Conference of the
Singapore Academy of Law and the Chancery Bar Association of England and Wales
Draft Programme
Day One – Thursday 25 April 2013
8.30am Registration
9.15am Welcome Address
Keynote Lecture - Menon CJ
9.45am Plenary Session 1 - Finance Litigation
Chairman – Alvin Yeo SC, Wong Partnership
ISDA Master Agreement - Geraldine Andrews QC, Essex Court
Banking litigation - Peter de Verneuil Smith, 3VB
Banking litigation - Hri Kumar SC, Drew & Napier
11.15am Morning Tea
11.45am Panel Discussions and Workshops 1
Panel Discussion 1A – Cross-Border Insolvency
Richard Morgan QC, Maitland (facilitator)
Michael Green QC, Fountain Court
Glen Davis QC, South Square
[Andrew Chan, Allen & Gledhill]
Assoc Prof Wee Meng Seng, NUS
Panel Discussion 1B – Remedies and enforcement
Stephen Smith QC, New Square
Elspeth Talbot Rice QC and Stephen Moverley Smith QC, 24 Old Buildings
Aurill Kam, Deputy Chief Counsel (Litigation), Attorney General’s Chambers
[Harpreet Singh Nehal SC, Cavenagh Law]
Workshop 1C –Trustees’ Decision Making
Nicholas Le Poidevin QC, New Square
[Singapore speaker]
Workshop 1D – Singapore and Offshore Trusts
Kathryn Purkis, Collas Crill
[David Chong Kok Kong, David Chong & Co]
1pm Lunch
2.15pm Plenary Session 2 – Trusts And Proprietary Remedies
Chairman - Timothy Fancourt QC, Falcon
Lister v Stubbs / AG v Reid - Paul McGrath QC, Essex Court
Cross-Border Proprietary Remedies – Prof Yeo Tiong Min SC, SMU
[Topic] - [Vinodh Coomaraswamy JC]
3.45pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm Panel Discussions and Workshops 2
Panel Discussion 2A – Trust Litigation
David Halpern QC, 4 New Square (facilitator)
Penelope Reed QC, 5 Stone Buildings
Christopher Tidmarsh QC, 5 Stone Buildings
Francis Xavier SC, Rajah & Tann
Andre Maniam SC, Wong Partnership
Panel Discussion 2B – Fiduciary and partnership duties
Lesley Anderson QC, Kings Chambers
John Machell QC, Serle Court
Assoc Prof Wan Wai Yee, SMU
[Singapore speaker]
Workshop 2C – Trust formation and administration
Michael Gibbon QC, Maitland
Assoc Prof Tang Hang Wu, NUS
Workshop 2D – Schemes of arrangement
Lee Eng Beng SC, Rajah & Tann
Assoc Prof Tracey Evans, NUS
Catherine Addy, Maitland
5.30pm Drinks
Day Two – Friday 26 April 2013
8.30am Registration
9.00am Plenary Session 3 – Company, shareholder and joint venture disputes
Chairman – [Quentin Loh J]
Directors’ duties / liabilities - Malcolm Davis-White QC, 4 Stone Buildings
Fiduciary obligations in Business Relationships– Michael Todd QC, Erskine
[Topic] – Prof Walter Woon SC, NUS
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am Panel Discussions and Workshops 3
Panel Discussion 3A – Derivative actions and minority oppression
[Singapore speaker] (facilitator)
Martin Moore QC, Erskine Chambers
Anna Markham, 4 Stone Buildings
Prof Tan Cheng Han SC, NUS
Thio Shen Yi SC, TSMP
Panel Discussion 3B – Bank-customer litigaton
Richard Millett QC (facilitator)
[ChBA speaker?]
[Ramesh Kannan SC, TKQP]
[Ang Cheng Hock SC, Allen & Gledhill]
Workshop 3C – [Joint Ventures and Constructive Trusts]
Amanda Tipples QC, Maitland
Assoc Prof Pearlie Koh, SMU
Workshop 3D – Maritime insolvencies
Stephen Cogley QC, Quadrant
[Toh Kian Sing SC, Rajah & Tann]
12.15pm Closing Session
[Topic] – Chan Sek Keong SC, Former Chief Justice
1.00pm Lunch
Please email Francesca Compton if you require any further information
