THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS

Code

2014053

Event Name

An Introduction of Adjudication

CPD Code

Formal Events

Speaker

Professor Anselmo Reyes
Mr Anselmo Reyes is Professor of Legal Practice at Hong Kong University, a position he assumed in October 2012. Prior to that, he
was a judge of the High Court of Hong Kong from 2003-12. As judge, he was in charge of the Construction and Arbitration List
(2004-8) and the Commercial and Admiralty Lists (2008-12).
He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1986, taking silk as Senior Counsel in May 2001. He was admitted to the Singapore Bar in
1995.
In April 2013, he became Representative of the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
He also practices as a commercial arbitrator and an advocate in arbitrations. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and a CEDR Accredited Mediator.
He is an Honorary Advisor of the College of Law at De La Salle University in Manila. He holds an AB (Economics) from Harvard and
a BA (Law), LLM, and PhD from Cambridge.

Event Date

2014-07-15

Event Time

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Registration and networking time: from 6:30 pm)

Registration Closing Date

2014-07-13

CPD Hour(s)

1.5

Venue

Surveyors Learning Centre, Room 120712/F, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong,

Division

QSD

Fee

HK$120 for members; HK$150 for non-members (HK$30 walk-in surcharge on all prices listed); Free of charge for full time University students (subject to availability)

Priority

QSD Members; First-come-first-served

Language

English

Details

The talk will cover the following:-

What is Adjudication?
What are its advantages and disadvantages of adjudication as a means of dispute resolution?
Recent initiatives by the Hong Kong Government to promote resort to adjudication.
A comparison with the system of adjudication in Singapore
Concluding remarks on the future of adjudication in Hong Kong.

Remarks

FULL

Payment

HKD 120

Face-to-Face/Zoom

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