Litigation Conference Workshop 2021

Day 1 (22 April 2021, Thursday)

8.10am – 9.00am

Registration

9.00am – 9.10am

Opening Remarks
Felicia Tan - Co-Chairperson, Civil Practice Committee, The Law Society of Singapore

9.10am – 9.20am

Welcome Remarks 
Gregory Vijayendran - President, The Law Society of Singapore

9.20am – 9.50am

Keynote Address 
Minister Edwin Tong - Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law

9.50am – 10.30am

General Session 1

Summary of Proposed Changes
Deputy Registrar Phang Hsiao Chung - Supreme Court of Singapore

10.30am – 10.45am

Morning Tea Break

10.45am – 12.00pm

General Session 2

Approach to Successful Transitioning 

Moderator:
Samuel Chacko - Director, Legis Point LLC
Panellists:
The Honourable Justice Anselmo Reyes* - Singapore International Commercial Court
Siraj Omar, SC – Director (Dispute Resolution), Drew & Napier
Chelva Retnam Rajah, SC – Partner, Tan Rajah & Cheah
Abraham Vergis, SC – Managing Director, Providence Law Asia

12.00pm - 1.00pm

General Session 3

Modern (Online) Litigation Practice: Collecting and Organizing Evidence
Lim Seng Siew - Director, OTP Law Corporation

1.00pm - 2.00pm

Lunch

2.00pm – 4.00pm

Workshop Session 1

Modern (Online) Litigation Practice: Understanding, Preparing and Presenting Your Case Part 1

4.00pm – 4.15pm

Afternoon Tea Break

4.15pm - 5.45pm

Workshop Session 2

Modern (Online) Litigation Practice: Understanding, Preparing and Presenting Your Case Part 2

5.45pm - 6.00pm

6.00pm

Day 2 (23 April 2021, Friday)

8.15am – 9.00am

Registration

9.00am – 10.45am

General Session 4

The Single Interlocutory Application: New Considerations

Moderator:
M K Eusuff Ali – Partner (Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution), Tan Rajah & Cheah
Celeste Ang – Principal, Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow
Panellists:
The Honourable Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy – Supreme Court of Singapore
Jason Chan, SC -  Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP
Chew Kei-Jin – Managing Director, Ascendant Legal LLC
Thio Shen Yi, SC – Joint Managing Partner, TSMP Law Corporation

10.45am – 11.00am

Morning Tea Break

11.00am – 12.00pm

General Session 5

Expert Evidence: Party, Joint and the future

Moderator: 
KC Lye – Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia) LLP
Panellists:
The Honourable Justice Ang Cheng Hock – Supreme Court of Singapore
Dr Michael Hwang, SC – Sole Director, Michael Hwang Chambers LLC
Tigran Ter-Martirosyan – Director, BRG (Singapore)

12.00pm - 1.00pm

General Session 6

Modern (Online) Litigation Practice: Hearing Technology (Virtual and In-Person Hearings)

Raeza Ibrahim – Director, Salem Ibrahim LLC

1.00pm – 2.00pm

Lunch

2.00pm – 4.00pm

Workshop Session 3

Trial Advocacy

4.00pm - 4.15pm

Afternoon Tea Break

4.15pm - 5.45pm

Workshop Session 4

Appellate Advocacy

5.45pm - 6.00pm

Closing Remarks
Celeste Ang and Ian Lim – Co-Chairpersons, Conference Workshop Organising Committee, The Law Society of Singapore

6.00pm - 6.15pm

Sign Out

6.15pm

End