[WEBINAR] Family Conference 2020

Day 1 (14 September 2020, Monday)
9.30am – 10.15am	Keynote Address [Pre-recorded] The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon – Supreme Court of Singapore
10.15am – 11.30am	Session 1: Singapore Family Law’s Unique Power to Divide Matrimonial Assets (Inaugural CJ Koh Family Law Lecture) Facilitator Kee Lay Lian – Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Speaker Professor Leong Wai Kum – Professor, SUSS School of Law, Emeritus Professor NUS Law
11.30am – 11.50am	Break
11.50am – 1.05pm	Session 2: Multiplicity of Proceedings in Family and Probate Matters – The Challenges of Having Different Claims, Different Parties, or Assets in Different Jurisdictions Moderator Goh Kok Yeow – Head of Probate / Trusts Practice, De Souza Lim & Goh Panellists Jeyakuhan Jeyasingam – Partner, Zaid Ibrahim & Co Wendy Lam – Partner, Stevenson, Wong & Co Sim Bock Eng – Partner and Head of the Specialist & Private Client Disputes Practice, WongPartnership LLP
1.05pm – 2.30pm	Lunch Break
2.30pm – 3.45pm	Session 3: Expanding the Definition of the “Guardian” of a Child Moderator Poonam Mirchandani – Partner, Mirchandani & Partners Panellists Nigel Nicholls – Principal, Blanchfield Nicholls, New South Wales Koh Tien Hua – Partner and Co-Head of Family and Matrimonial Law and Private Client Advisory Practice Groups, Harry Elias Partnership LLP Ros Bever – Partner and National Head of Divorce & Family Law Team, Irwin Mitchell LLP, Manchester
3.45pm – 4.05pm	Break
4.05pm – 5.20pm	Session 4: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Relating to Financial Reliefs in Matrimonial Proceedings Moderator Yap Teong Liang – Director, T L Yap Law Chambers LLC Panellists Engelin Teh, SC – Managing Director, Engelin Teh Practice LLC Dr Michael Hwang, SC – Director, Michael Hwang Chambers LLC Tim Amos, QC – Barrister, Mediator and Head of Chambers, QEB Queen Elizabeth Building, London
5.20pm	End of Day 1

Day 2 (15 September 2020, Tuesday)
9.30am – 10.00am	Opening Address [Pre-recorded] The Honourable Justice Debbie Ong – Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts
10.00am – 11.15am	Session 5: A Renewed Vision of Therapeutic Justice - Discussion and Reflections Moderator Judge Kenneth Yap – Registrar, Family Justice Courts Panellists Judge Yarni Loi – District Judge, Family Justice Courts Ellen Lee Geck Hoon, JP, PBM – Consultant, Belinda Ang Tang & Partners Audrie Siew – Director, Family Support Division, Family Development Group, Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) Tan Li Jen – Senior Principal Clinical Psychologist and Senior Deputy Director, Clinical and Forensic Psychology Service, Rehabilitation and Protection Group, Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)
11.15am – 11.35am	Break
11.35am – 12.50pm	Session 6: International Perspectives on Therapeutic Justice and Capacity Building Moderator Judge Chia Wee Kiat – Deputy Presiding Judge, Family Justice Courts Panellists Professor David B Wexler – Professor of Law, University of Puerto Rico Professor Vicki Lens – Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York Professor Joel Lee – Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore Tricia Ho – Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences Dorcas Quek Anderson – Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
12.50pm – 2.00pm	Lunch Break
2.00pm – 3.15pm	Session 7: Jurisdictional Aspects - Syariah Court and Family Justice Court Moderator Ahmad Nizam Abbas - Of Counsel, K&L Gates Straits Law LLC Panellists Shahrinah Binte Abdol Salam, P.Kepujian – Registrar, Syariah Court Judge Sheik Mustafa Bin Abu Hassan – District Judge, Family Justice Courts
3.15pm – 3.35pm	Break
3.35pm – 4.50pm	Session 8: Determining the “Best Interests” of a Child Moderator Wong Kai Yun – Co-Managing Partner, Chia Wong Chambers LLC Panellists The Honourable Justice Valerie Thean – Supreme Court of Singapore The Honourable Justice Louise Henderson – Family Court of Australia The Honourable Judge Sharon D Melloy – Family Court Judge, District Court of Hong Kong The Honourable Judge Martina Erb-Klünemann – Higher Regional Court of Hamm
4.50pm – 5.05pm	Closing Address Gregory Vijayendran, SC – President, The Law Society of Singapore; Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
5.05pm	End of Day 2