Speakers:
6
April (Monday) |
0920-1100
Opening Ceremony
Guest of Honour: The
Hon. Chief Justice Andrew Li, GBM,
Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal,
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Keynote Speech
Democracy, Good
Governance and the Role of the Legal Profession,
the Case of Ghana
The
Hon. Lady Justice Georgina Theodora Wood,
Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana
|
Convention Hall
Convention Hall
|
1100-1130
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1130-1300
Concurrent Sessions
1
A1) |
Death
Penalty / Life Imprisonment
Chair:
Professor Mike McConville, Dean,
Faculty of Law, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong
Speakers:
Mr Edward Fitzgerald, QC, CBE,
Doughty Street Chambers (United Kingdom)
The Hon. Justice Barry Mortimer,
NPJ , Non-permanent Judge,
Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
|
| B1) |
Corporate
Governance
Chair:
The Rt. Hon. Justice Richard
Malanjum, Chief Judge, High Court
of Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia)
Speakers:
Corporate
Governance - Does One Size Fits All?
Mr
Moses Cheng, GBS, OBE, JP,
Senior Partner, PC Woo & Company (Hong
Kong) |
Corporate
Governance in Turmoil?: A Commonwealth
Caribbean Perspective
Mrs
Suzanne Goldson, Attorney
at Law and Lecturer in Law, Faculty of
Law, University of the West Indies (Jamaica) |
What have
we really Learnt from the Enron Saga?
Mr
Laurence Watt, Executive
Committee Member of the CLA; Senior Counsel,
Charles Russell LLP (United Kingdom)
|
| C1) |
Legal
Professional Privilege (Civil)
Chair:
The Hon. Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong,
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Singapore
Speakers: |
Protection
of the Confidentiality of Legal Advice
under Hong Kong Law
Mr
Graeme Johnston,
Managing Partner, Herbert Smith LLP (China) |
Who is the
Client for Privilege Purposes: a Brief
Commonwealth Survey?
Mr
Colin Passmore,
Simmons & Simmons (United Kingdom)
|
| D1) |
The
Law & The Child
Chair:
The Hon. Justice Michelle May,
Judge of the Appeal Division,
Family Court of Australia
Speakers:
Private Law
and the Child
Her
Hon. Judge Sharon Melloy,
Judge of the District Court (Hong Kong)
Mr
Jitendra Mohan Sharma, Managing
Partner, JM Sharma & Co, Advocates
& Solicitors (India) |
The
Child Witness
Sheriff
Marie Smart, Sheriffs' Court
(Scotland)
|
|
Theatre
1
Convention Hall C
Theatre 2
Room 404-5
|
1300-1430
Lunch |
Convention Hall |
1430-1600
Concurrent Sessions
2
A2) |
|
Constitutional
Reform in a Multi Ethnic Society: Sri
Lanka
Professor
Lakshman Marasinghe,
Emeritus Professor of Law, University
of Windsor (Canada) |
Constitutional
Reform - Indian Perspective
Mr
L. Nageswara Rao, Senior
Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Former
Additional Solicitor General of India
,Private Legal Practitioner |
Victoria's
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
Ms
Pamela Tate SC, Solicitor
General for Victoria (Australia)
|
| B2) |
Competition
Law & Cartels
Chair:
The Hon. Chief Justice Robert French,
Chief Justice of Australia
Speakers:
Mr David Greene, Edwin Coe LLP
(United Kingdom)
Mr
Simon Sorockyj, Senior Associate,
Pinsent Masons (Australia)
|
Who
Needs Private Enforcement?
The Hon. Ronny Tong QC, SC, Barrister
& Legislative Councillor (Hong Kong)
|
| *C2) |
Legal
Professional Privilege (Criminal)
Chair:
The Hon. Chief Justice Christopher Gardner
QC, Chief Justice of the Falkland
Islands & British Indian Ocean Territory
Speakers: |
Legal Professional
Privilege (Criminal)
Mr
Philip John Dykes QC,
Barrister (Hong Kong)
|
Legal
Professional Privilege in UK Criminal
& Regulatory Investigations
Sir
Ken Macdonald QC, Barrister,
Matrix Chambers (United Kingdom)
|
Problems
in Relation to Privilege in Corporate
Investigations
Ms
Clare Montgomery QC, Matrix
Chambers (United Kingdom)
|
| D2) |
Family
Law
Chair:
The Hon. Justice André Wery, Associate
Chief Justice of the Superior Court of
Quebec (Canada)
Speakers:
Mr Robin Egerton, Barrister,
Park Side Chambers (Hong Kong) |
Society,
Global Parental Child Abduction and The
Indian Law
Mr
Anil Malhotra, Senior Partner
and Advocate, Malhotra and Malhotra Associates
(International Lawyers) (India) |
International
Parental Child Abduction in Australia
Ms
Linda Manfre, Senior Associate,
Meyer Pigdon Family Lawyers (Australia)
|
|
Theatre
1
Convention Hall C
Theatre 2
Room 404-5
|
1600-1615
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1615-1730
Concurrent Sessions
3
A3) |
The
Rule of Law & Lawyers in the Front
Line
Chair:
Dato' Dr Cyrus Das, Senior
Partner, Shook Lin & Bok (Malaysia)
Speakers:
Ms Irene Petras, Executive
Director, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human
Rights (Zimbabwe) |
Lawyers
at the Frontline: the Fiji Experience
Mr
Graham Everett Leung, Council
Member of the CLA; Managing Partner, Howards
Lawyers (Fiji)
Mr
M. Akram Sheikh SrASC, Senior
Advocate S.C; Council Member of CLA
|
| B3) |
Intellectual
Property – Contemporary Issues
Chair:
Mr
Peter Goldson, Partner, Myers,
Fletcher & Gordon (Jamaica)
Speakers:
Mr Mark Stephens, Partner,
Finers Stephens Innocent LLP (United Kingdom)
|
Shadow Companies
in Hong Kong
Ms
Andrea Fong, Partner,
Wilkinson & Grist (Hong Kong) |
Domain Name
Disputes – the UDRP 10 years on
Mr Tony Willoughby, Consultant,
Rouse Legal (United Kingdom)
|
| *C3) |
Conflicts
for Law Firms
Chair:
Mr
Rod Smith, Sole Principal,
Roderick Smith, Lawyer & Mediator
(Australia)
Speakers: |
Both
Sides of the Great Wall
Mr
Jeffrey Forrest, Council
Member, Law Society of England & Wales
(United Kingdom) |
It's
all a Matter of Relationship
Mr
Malcolm Mercer, Partner and
General Counsel, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
(Canada) |
Conflicts-
Lawyers V Consumers
Mr
Alan Ritchie, Secretary,
New Zealand Law Society (New Zealand)
|
| D3) |
Corruption
– A Commonwealth Perspective
Chair:
Mr Ian Charles McWalters, SC, Deputy
Director of Public Prosecutions, Department
of Justice (Hong Kong)
Speakers:
Ms
Ogheneruona Iguyovwe, Legal
Consultant, Criminal Law Section, Commonwealth
Secretariat (United Kingdom) |
The
Growth of Impunity
Mr
Timothy Daniel, Council Member
of the CLA; Partner, Edwards Angell Palmer
& Dodge UK LLP (United Kingdom) |
The Challenges
of Enforcement of Anti-Corruption Measures
within the Rule of Law
Mrs
Farida Waziri (AIG RTD),
Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (Nigeria)
|
|
Theatre 1
Convention Hall C
Theatre 2
Room 404-5
|
|
* with RME Accreditation
7
April (Tuesday) |
|
0915-1000
Keynote Speech
Global Justice:
From Pinochet to Bashir and Beyond
Mr
Geoffrey Robertson QC,
Head of Doughty Street Chambers (United Kingdom) |
Theatre 1
|
1000-1030
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1030-1145
Concurrent Sessions
4
A4) |
|
Administration
of Justice: The KNCHR Experience with
its Human Rights Tribunal
Mr
Abdulkadir Noormohamed, Senior
Legal Counsel, Kenya National Commission
on Human Rights (Kenya)
|
| B4) |
International
Financial Markets —Where Next?
Chair:
Professor Chee
Keong Low, School of
Accountancy, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
Speakers:
Mr
David Berry, Partner, Charles
Russell LLP (United Kingdom)
Mr
Michael Bracken, Partner
- Financial Services, TressCox Lawyers
(Australia) |
Financial
Markets - A New Order?
The
Hon. Mr Ronald Arculli, GBS, CVO, OBE,
JP, Executive Councillor
& Chairman, Hong Kong Exchanges and
Clearing Limited (Hong Kong)
|
| C4) |
Duties
Owed to the Court
Chair:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Clarke, Master
of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice,
Court of Appeal (United
Kingdom)
Speakers:
The Hon.
Justice Geoffrey Ma, Chief
Judge, The High Court (Hong Kong)
Mr
Paul Marsh, President, The
Law Society of England and Wales (United
Kingdom) |
The
Moral "Trilemma" of the Caped
Crusader- Redefining the Role of the Independent
Attorney-at-Law
Mr
Vasheist Kokaram, Attorney-at-Law,
M.G. Daly and Partners (Trinidad &
Tobago)
|
| D4) |
Environmental
Law—From
Command & Control to Responsive &
Incentivised Environmental Law
Chair:
Mr Hugh Robertson QC, Council
Member of the CLA (Canada)
Speakers:
Asst. Professor Jolene Lin, Faculty
of Law, The University of Hong Kong |
How can
Polluting Activities be Regulated? Systems
of Environmental Regulation in the UK
Mr
Stephen Hockman QC, Barrister,
6 Pump Court (United
Kingdom) |
Responsive
and Incentivised Environmental Law
Mrs
Aisha Umar, Sterling Partnership
(Legal Practitioners) (Nigeria)
|
|
Theatre 1
Room 402-3
Theatre 2
Room 404-5 |
1145-1200
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1200-1300
Concurrent Sessions 5
A5) |
Law,
Liberty & Terrorism
Chair:
The
Hon. Chief Justice Ivor Archie,
Chief Justice of the Republic of Trinidad
and Tobago
Speakers:
Mr Ben Emmerson QC, Barrister,
Matrix Chambers (United Kingdom)
|
Judicial
Backbone in Times of Emergency and Terrorism
Mr Tehmtan Andhyarujina R., Senior
Advocate Supreme Court, Former Solicitor
General of India |
Law,
Liberty and Terrorism
The
Hon. Justice Robert McDougall,
Judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales
(Australia)
|
| B5) |
Takeovers,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Chair:
Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff,
Professor of Law, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong
Speakers: |
Takeovers,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mr
Ashley Alder, Partner,
Head of Asia, Herbert Smith (Hong Kong) |
A
Legal Perspective on Private Equity in
sub-Saharan Africa (outside South Africa)
Mr
Karim Anjarwalla, Partner,
Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates (Kenya) |
Takeovers,
Mergers and Acquisitions - A UK Perspective
Mr
John Cone, Barrister, Erskine
Chambers (United Kingdom)
|
| C5) |
Creating,
Marketing & Managing Law Firms
Chair:
Mr Barry Finlay, President, Law
Society of Northern Ireland
Speakers:
Mr Desmond Hudson, Chief Executive,
The Law Society of England & Wales
(United Kingdom)
Ms
Boma Ozobia, Council Member
of the CLA; Partner, Sterling Partnership
(Legal Practitioners) (Nigeria)
|
| D5) |
Environmental
Law – Judicial Activism in Environmental
Law
Chair:
Asst. Professor Jolene Lin, Faculty
of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
|
Access
to Environmental Justice
The
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Robert Carnwath,
CVO, Senior President of
Tribunals / Lord Justice of Appeal, Royal
Courts of Justice (United Kingdom) |
Judicial
Activism in Environmental Law
Ms
Elaine Chong, Legal Counsel,
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited |
Dr Markus Gehring,
Lecturer in European & International
Law, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
|
|
Theatre 1
Room 402-3
Theatre 2
Room
404-5 |
1300-1415
Lunch
Hong Kong - Its
International Links
The Hon. Mr Wong Yan Lung
Secretary for Justice, Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region
|
Convention Hall |
1415-1530
Concurrent Sessions 6
A6) |
Judicial
Review – Judicial Activism and the Separation
of Powers
Chair:
The
Rt. Hon. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
PC, Chief Justice of Canada
Speakers:
Mr Tinoziva Bere,
Council Member of the CLA;
Councillor, Law Society of Zimbabwe
Mr Mohamed Husain, Vice-President
of the CLA; Law Society of South Africa;
Partner, Knowles, Husain, Lindsay
The Hon. Justice Frank Stock , Court
of Appeal (Hong Kong)
|
| B6) |
International
Commercial Litigation
Chair:
Mr
Russell Coleman SC, Barrister,
Chairman, Hong Kong Bar Association
Speakers:
Mr James Jamison, Partner, Clifford
Chance (Japan) |
Anti-Suit
Injunctions: Common Law Justice or Civil
Law Dogma?
Mr Richard Snowden QC, Barrister,
Erskine Chambers (United Kingdom) |
The
Hague Choice of Court Convention and International
Commercial Litigation
The
Hon. Chief Justice James Spigelman AC,
Chief Justice of New South Wales
(Australia)
|
| C6) |
Legal
Education including Judicial Training
Chair:
Professor Michael Wilkinson, Faculty
of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
|
Technology
and Legal Education: Learning Substantive
Law and Simulating Legal Practice
Mr Michael Bromby, Research
Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University
(Scotland) |
Legal
Education and Judicial Training: Establishing
Public Trust in Legal Services and the
Courts
Mr
Mark Bishop, President,
ILEX (Institute of Legal Executives) (United
Kingdom) |
Legal
Education in Hong Kong
Mr
Edward Chan SC, Senior Counsel,
Sir Oswald Cheung's Chamber (Hong Kong)
|
| D6) |
Environmental
Law – Has a Separate & Distinct Sustainable
Development Law Emerged?
Chair:
Mr Mark Stephens,
Partner, Finers Stephens Innocent
LLP (United Kingdom)
Speakers:
Professor
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Director,
Centre for International Sustainable Development
Law (Canada) |
Legal and
Policy Bases for Sustainable Development
in Hong Kong
Mr Christopher
Tung, Partner, Mallesons Stephen
Jaques (Hong Kong) |
Sustainable
Development Law in the Courts
The
Hon. Justice Brian Preston, Chief
Judge, Land and Environment Court of NSW
(Australia)
|
|
Theatre 1
Room 402-3
Theatre 2
Room 404-5
|
1530-1600
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1600-1715
Concurrent Sessions 7
A7) |
International
Criminal Tribunals – Justice or a Propaganda
Exercise?
Chair:
Mr
Colin Nicholls QC, Hon.
Life President of the CLA; Barrister,
3 Raymond Buildings Chambers (United
Kingdom)
Speakers:
Mr Jeroen Brouwer, International
Criminal Bar (The Netherlands)
Ms
Joanna Korner CMG QC, Queen's
Counsel, Criminal Bar Association (United
Kingdom) |
Justice,
Retribution or Politics- An Analysis of
International Criminal Tribunals
Mr
N Sivananthan, Principal
Partner, Sivananthan, Advocates &
Solicitors (Malaysia)
|
| B7) |
What
are the Ingredients for a Successful Place
of Arbitration?
Chair:
Professor Katherine Lynch, Faculty
of Law, University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
Mr
Jason Fry, Secretary General,
ICC International Court of Arbitration
(France) |
| Mr Minn Naing Oo, Registrar,
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
(Singapore) |
Ingredients
for a Successful Place of Arbitration:
the Hong Kong Experience
Mr
Gary Soo, Secretary General,
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
(Hong Kong)
|
| C7) |
Legal
Education – Teaching Common Law Principles
to non English Mother Tongue Students
Chair:
Mr Lester Huang JP, President,
The Law Society of Hong Kong
Speakers:
Language and
Trnsformation - A South African Challenge
Mr Nic Swart, Director, Legal
Education and development, Law Society
of
South Africa
Beyond Translation:
Integrating Culture and Language into
the Teaching of the Common Law
Professor
Joanne St. Lewis, Director
of Human Rights & Research Centre,
University of Ottawa (Canada)
|
| D7) |
Environmental
Law - Climate Change Law - Back to First
Principles
Chair:
Mr Christopher Tung, Partner,
Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Hong Kong)
Speakers:
Environment
and Sustainable Development in International
Courts and Tribunals
Dr
Markus Gehring, Lecturer
in European & International Law, University
of Cambridge (United Kingdom) |
The EU and
it's 20/20/20 vision
Mr
Owen Lomas, Partner,
Allen and Overy (United Kingdom)
|
WTO
and Climate Change: A Clash of Civilizations?
Professor Gillian Triggs, Dean,
Faculty of Law University of Sydney (Australia)
|
|
Theatre 1
Room 402-3
Theatre 2
Room 404-5
|
|
Convention Hall |
8
April (Wednesday) |
|
0915-1000
Keynote Speech
Sexual Orientation
Law Reform – A Blind Spot for the Commonwealth
of Nations
The
Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG,
Former Judge, High Court of Australia |
Theatre 1 |
1000-1030
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1030-1145
Concurrent Sessions
8
A8) |
The
Commonwealth Principles of the Relationship
between the Three Branches of Government
(Part 1)
Chair:
The Hon. Justice Mark O' Regan,
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Speakers: |
From
Abuja to Edinburgh; A Decade of the Latimer
House Process in Pursuing the Commonwealth's
Good Governance Agenda
Dr
Peter Slinn, Executive Committee
Member of the CLA; Vice President, Commonwealth
Legal Education Association (United Kingdom) |
The
Developing Role of the Justice Minister
in the Light of Challenges Facing the
Rule of Law in the Commonwealth
Mr
Colin Nicholls QC, Hon. Life
President of the CLA; Barrister, 3 Raymond
Buildings Chambers (United Kingdom) |
Continuing
Challenges in Building an Independent
and Credible Judiciary in Fiji
Mr Graham Everett Leung,
Council Member of the
CLA; Managing Partner, Howards Lawyers
(Fiji)
|
| B8) |
Challenges
of Cross Border Insolvencies
Chair:
The Hon. Justice Susan Kwan, Judge
of the High Court (Hong Kong)
Speakers:
Recognition
and Assistance: Common Law and Statute
Mr
Peter Arden QC, Barrister,
Enterprise Chambers (United Kingdom) |
Parallel
Liquidations in Divergent Regimes
Mr
Barrie Barlow SC, Barrister,
Des Voeux Chambers (Hong Kong)
|
The
UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency,
Hong Kong and the Commonwealth
Mr
Ian De Witt, Partner, Tanner
De Witt (Hong Kong)
|
| C8) |
How
Mobile can the Profession Expect to be?
Chair:
Mr Graeme Mew, Council Member
of the CLA; Partner, Nicholl, Paskell-Mede
(Canada)
Speakers:
Mr Don Deya, CEO, East Africa
Law Society (Tanzania)
(Paper prepared by Mr Don Deya,
CEO, East Africa Law Society (Tanzania)
to be presented by Ms Cheggy C.
Mziray, Secretary/Chief Executive
Officer, The Tanganyika Law Society (Tanzania))
Mr
Aruneshwar Gupta, President,
Law Consults (India)
Ms Alison
Hook, Executive Committee Member
of the CLA; Head of International, The
Law Society of England & Wales (United
Kingdom)
|
| D8) |
Employment
& Labour Law - Recent Developments
to Meet Changing Circumstances
Chair:
Dato Roy Rajasingham, Council
Member of the CLA; R.R. Singham, Advocates
& Solicitors (Malaysia)
Speakers:
Ms
Peta Tumpey, Partner, TressCox
(Australia) |
Employment
and Labour Law
Ms
Fiona Loughrey,
Partner, Simmons & Simmons (Hong Kong)
|
Contemporary
Employment Law Issue: Expatriates Relocated
to India
Mr
Ranjit Malhotra, Senior Partner,
Malhotra & Malhotra Associates (International
Lawyers) (India)
|
|
Theatre 1
Convention Hall C
Theatre 2
Convention Hall A
|
1145-1200
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1200-1300
Concurrent Sessions 9
A9) |
The
Commonwealth Principles of the Relationship
between the Three Branches of Government
(Part 2)
Chair:
The Hon. Justice Mark Andrew O'Regan,
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Speakers:
|
Strengthening
Democracy in Australia - Accountability
and Inclusion in Victoria
The
Hon. Rob Hulls MP,
Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Government
of Victoria (Australia) |
Latimer
House Principles and Devolution within
Wales: A Perspective on a Unique Devolution
Settlement
Mr
Carwyn Jones AM, Counsel
General & Leader of the House, The
Welsh Assembly Government (United Kingdom)
|
| B9) |
Corporate
Social Responsibility
Chair:
Mr Ron Heinrich, President of
the CLA; Partner, TressCox (Australia)
Speakers:
Corporate
Social Responsibility- A Company Perspective
Mr Michael Todd QC, Barrister,
Erskine Chambers (United Kingdom)
Mr
Scott Dominic Alden, Partner,
DLA Phillips Fox (Australia) |
Corporate
Social Responsibility Debate in Ghana
Mr
Felix Ntrakwah, Managing
Partner, Ntrakwah & Co. (Ghana)
|
| C9) |
Globalisation
of Law Firms
Chair:
Mr Huen Wong, Vice President,
The Law Society of Hong Kong; Partner,
Huen Wong & Co. (Hong Kong)
Speakers:
Ms Jennifer Milford,
Chief Operating Officer, Mayer
Brown JSM (Hong Kong)
Mr Fred N'cruba Ojiambo, Partner,
Kaplan & Stratton Advocates (Kenya)
(Paper prepared by Mr Fred N'cruba
Ojiambo, Partner, Kaplan &
Stratton Advocates (Kenya) to be presented
by Ms Rachel Mbai, Partner,
Kaplan & Stratton Advocates (Kenya)) |
CSR
in the Global Law Firm
Mr
Michael Smyth, Partner, Clifford
Chance LLP (United Kingdom)
|
| D9) |
Is
the Law Keeping Up with Advances in
Medicine? – Ethical Issues
Chair:
Dr James Shing Ping Chiu,
General Surgeon, Accredited Mediator,
Hon. Lecturer, HKU Medical School (Hong
Kong)
Speakers:
|
Legal Challenges
in Psychiatric Injury Liability
Ms
Ursula Connolly,
Lecturer in Law, School of Law,
NUI Galway (Ireland) |
Ethical
& Legal Dilemmas in Modern Medicine
Professor Edwin Hui, Professor
of Medical Ethics, Li Ka Shing Faculty
of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong |
Life
Sciences, Genetic Engineering and Intellectual
Property Rights: A Singapore Perspective
Professor
George Wei, School of Law,
Singapore Management University
|
|
Theatre 1
Convention Hall C
Theatre 2
Convention Hall A
|
1300-1415
Lunch
Implementation of
One Country Two Systems under the Hong Kong
Basic Law
Mr
Lam Sui Lung, Stephen JP
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs,
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
Convention Hall |
1415-1530
Concurrent Sessions 10
A10) |
Honour
Bound to Defend Freedom? The Guantanamo
Bay Litigation and the Fight for Fundamental
Values in the War on Terror
Chair:
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC, Advocate
General for Scotland (United Kingdom)
Speakers:
|
The
Commonwealth Approach to the Counter -
Terrorism Mandate
Ms Shirani de Fontgalland,
Head of Criminal Law Section, Legal &
Constitutional Affairs Div., Commonwealth
Secretariat (United Kingdom)
(Paper prepared by Ms
Shirani de Fontgalland, Head
of Criminal Law Section, Legal & Constitutional
Affairs Div.,Commonwealth Secretariat
(United Kingdom) to be presented by Dr
Aldo Zammit-Borda, Legal Editor,
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Div.,
Commonwealth Secretariat (United Kingdom)) |
Honour
Bound to Defend Freedom? The Guantanamo
Bay Litigation and the Fight for Fundamental
Values in the War on Terror
(Paper prepared by Tim Otty QC,
Executive Committee Member of
the CLA; Barrister, 20 Essex Street Chambers
(United Kingdom) to be presented by Mr
Colin Nicholls QC, Hon. Life
President of the CLA; Barrister, 3 Raymond
Buildings Chambers (United Kingdom)) |
Secret
Hearings and Special Advocates: Sapping
and Undermining the Right to a Fair Trial
Mr
Tim Owen QC, Barrister, Matrix
Chambers (United Kingdom)
|
| B10) |
Mediation
Chair:
The Hon. Mr. Justice Robert Ribeiro PJ,
Permanent Judge, Court of Final
Appeal (Hong Kong)
Speakers:
Mr
Michel Kallipetis QC FCIArb, Barrister,
Quadrant Chambers (United
Kingdom)
Mr Graeme Mew, Council Member
of the CLA; Partner, Nicholl Paskell-Mede
LLP (Canada) |
Practical
Time Limited Mediation
Mr
Jeremy Ferguson,
Consultant Solicitor, Devon & Somerset
Law Society (United Kingdom)
|
| C10) |
Money
Laundering – KYC – Too much, too far?
Chair:
Mr Colin Cohen, Partner, Boase
Cohen & Collins (Hong Kong)
Speakers:
Mr Andy Yeo, Partner, Allen &
Gledhill LLP (Singapore) |
Hong
Kong - SRO Keeping the Regulator at a
Distance
Mr Michael Lintern-Smith, Senior
Partner, Robertsons Solicitors; Council
Member and Past President, The Law Society
of Hong Kong |
Money Laundering
Regulation - What can be Learned from
the Canadian Experience
Mr
Ronald J. MacDonald QC, Vice
President, Federation of Law Societies
of Canada |
Anti Money
Laundering Legislation: Effective or Redundant
?
Mr
Shunmuga Sundaram, Senior
Counsel, Senior Advocate (India)
|
| D10) |
Information
& Communications Technology - A Need
for Regulation?
Chair:
Dr Anne Cheung, Associate Professor,
Department of Law, University of Hong
Kong
Speakers:
Dr Gregory Hagen, Assistant Professor,
University of Calgary (Canada) |
Small
is the New Big: Legal and Regulatory Challenges
Professor
Abu Bakar Munir, Dean, Faculty
of Law, University of Malaya (Malaysia)
|
|
Theatre 1
Convention Hall C
Theatre 2
Convention Hall A
|
1530-1600
Coffee Break |
Convention Foyer |
1600-1715
Concurrent Sessions 11
A11)
|
Access
to Justice – A Fundamental Human Right?
Chair:
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Judge,
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
(United Kingdom)
Speakers:
Mr
Guy Joubert QC, President,
Canadian Bar Association; Partner, Aikins
(Canada)
Lord
Thomas of Gresford QC, Shadow
Attorney General (Liberal Democrats);
Head of Goldsmith Chambers (United Kingdom)
|
The
Role and Obligations of the State in Ensuring
“Access to Justice"
The
Hon. Chief Justice Ivor Archie,
Chief Justice of the Republic of Trinidad
and Tobago
|
| B11) |
Islamic
Banking
Chair:
Mr Mohamed Husain, Vice-President
of the CLA; Law Society of South Africa;
Partner, Knowles, Husain, Lindsay
Speakers:
Mr Neil Miller, Partner, Norton
Rose LLP (United Kingdom) |
Islamic
Financing - Reflections and Aspirations
Mr Jal Othman, Partner, Shook
Lin & Bok LLP (Malaysia) |
Building
Blocks for an Islamic Bank in Hong Kong
Mr
Amirali Bakirali Nasir, Council
Members, Law Society of Hong Kong; Senior
Partner, Nasirs (Hong Kong)
|
| C11) |
Tribunal
Justice - New Directions
Chair:
The Hon. Chief Justice Andrew Li, GBM,
Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal
(Hong Kong)
Speakers:
|
Tribunals
in the UK - a New Start
The
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Robert Carnwath,
CVO, Senior President of
Tribunals / Lord Justice of Appeal, Royal
Courts of Justice (United Kingdom) |
Australian
Tribunal Reforms
The
Hon. Garry Downes, AM, President,
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Australia)
The Hon. Justice André Wery, Associate
Chief Justice of the Superior Court of
Quebec (Canada)
|
| D11) |
Media
Law – Freedom to Print
Chair:
Professor Johannes Chan, Dean,
Faculty of Law, The University of Hong
Kong
Speakers:
Mr Desmond Browne QC, Chairman,
The General Council of the Bar (United
Kingdom)
Mr Harshad Rai Dipendra, Advocate
& Solicitor, South East Asia Media
Defense Network (Malaysia)
The Hon. Justice Hartmann, Court
of Appeal (Hong Kong)
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Theatre 1
Convention Hall C
Theatre 2
Convention Hall A
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|
Happy Valley Racecourse |
9
April (Thursday) |
|
0930-1015
Keynote Speech
Judicial Independence
and Responsibilities
The Rt Hon The Lord Judge, Lord
Chief Justice of England and Wales (United Kingdom)
|
Theatre 1 |
1015-1030
Coffee Break |
Theatre Foyer |
| 1030-1130
Closing Ceremony
|
Theatre 1
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