Dr. Sheilah Hamilton, BSc, MSocSc, PhD, CSci, CChem, CFI, FRSC, FIFireE, FFSSoc, MAE

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Dr. Sheilah Hamilton, BSc, MSocSc, PhD, CSci, CChem, CFI, FRSC, FIFireE, FFSSoc, MAE

Tuesday 17 April 2012

This seminar will provide practitioners with an understanding of what a forensic scientist’s report really means – how to properly read a report; how to interpret the contents; and things to look for including what may have been left out.

About the Speaker:
Dr Sheilah Hamilton is a forensic scientist and fire investigator with more than 40 years of experience, gained mostly in Hong Kong but also in the UK and Australia.

After 20 years as a scientist in the Hong Kong Government Laboratory and the State Forensic Laboratory in Adelaide, she established Forensic Focus in 1989, which was the first independent forensic science consultancy in Hong Kong.

Since 1969 she has attended hundreds of scenes and acted as an expert witness on many occasions for both the Prosecution and the Defence.

She has written extensively about forensic science and fire investigation, and has also lectured students at the University of Hong Kong, the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Glamorgan, Wales.

Michel Kallipetis, Q.C., Independent Mediator, England & Wales

Friday, 16 March 2012

Michel Kallipetis Q.C. was called to the Bar in England & Wales in 1968 and took silk in 1989.

Michel is the former Head of Littleton Chambers, and has 40 years’ experience as a practising barrister in the field of general commercial, professional negligence and employment work. He is recognised in The Legal Directories as an expert in his field in Mediation, Commercial Litigation and Professional Negligence.
He is an Accredited Mediator with CEDR and ADR Chambers, was appointed to the Hong Kong HKIAC Accredited Mediator Panel and as one of the first CIArb Mediation Fellows in 2008. He is a member of The Sports Resolution Panel, a PIM Senior Mediator and a Chartered Arbitrator.

Michel regularly mediates a wide variety of disputes, including partnerships; banking; insurance and re-insurance; all areas of employment disputes including racial and sex discrimination claims and pension rights; solicitors and valuers’ negligence claims; medical negligence and personal injuries claims; construction, engineering and commercial disputes with claims over several £100m including referrals from the Commercial Court and the Technology & Construction Court; and land disputes involving rights of way and disputed boundaries. Many of the mediations have been multi-party disputes and others have involved international companies and the laws of other countries. He has mediated for the International Chamber of Commerce, and the American Arbitration Association

He initiated and was the first Chairman of the Bar Council ADR Committee holding the position for 9 years until retiring in 2008. He was a member of the working party which drafted the EU Code of Practice for Mediators, and gave expert opinion to JURI, the legal service committee of the European Parliament, prior to its adopting the EU ADR Directive. He regularly conducts training sessions for barristers and solicitors to enable them to represent their clients more effectively in mediation; and recently carried out mediation training for the Hong Kong judiciary at the request of the Chief Justice. He is a recorder and sits as a deputy High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division and the Chancery Division of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, and in the TCC.

Michel is the author of several articles on mediation in the English legal press and the author of a chapter on Mediation in Employment disputes in “Mediators on Mediation”. He is the coauthor, with Stephen Ruttle, Q.C., of the chapter on Mediation in “Mediation in Business” published by Kluwer for the ICC.

Note: Registration for the above talk will be confirmed by email.

Bernard Chung,David Boyton

Wednesday 7 March 2012

This talk is entitled “First Steps in Criminal Procedure” because it covers two areas that pupil and junior barristers will often encounter in I.D. parades and legal visits.
Bernard Chung will talk first on legal visits and will discuss in particular:
· The meaning of the term “legal visit”
· The role of a barrister during a legal visit
· What to consider before, during and after the visit
· Some hints on legal visits to police stations
David Boyton will talk next on I.D. parades and will cover the following areas:
· The law
· I.D. parades and other identification methods
· A barrister’s role in an I.D. parade
· Advice to the client
NOTE: Registration WILL be confirmed by EMAIL.

Audrey Campbell-Moffat

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

This talk will provide you with invaluable practical tips on how to conduct jury trials.
Note: Registration for this talk will be confirmed by email.

Robin Egerton,Kay Chan

Monday 16 January 2012

This talk will cover the process of Collaborative Law, how it works in practise and how barristers can participate.

This talk will be in two parts. In the first part, the speakers will go through the background development of Family Law in Hong Kong and current issues in Family Law.

The second part of the talk will focus on the area of Collaborative Law, how it works in practice and how members of the Bar can participate in its process and development.

Collaborative Law is a method of Dispute Resolution originating from the United States of America which is now well established in the United Kingdom and Europe.

This method was originally designed to resolve highly conflicting family disputes but is now recognised to have potential application to many other disputes.

The Hong Kong Collaborative Practice Group (HKCPG) was established in 2010. The second training course took place earlier this year where a number of members of the Bar took part in the training and now playing important role in the development of this area of law in Hong Kong.

The Bar Council and the Director of Advanced Legal Education would like to thank all those who have contributed their time and expertise so generously to the Advanced Legal Education Programme during 2011.

Particular thanks are due to those visiting Queen’s Counsel who gave up time from a very busy schedule to talk to members of the Hong Kong Bar Association; and to Ms. Grace Wong, the Administrator of the Duty Lawyer Service, for kindly organising numerous Duty Lawyer Orientation Visits for pupils, and to all the Duty Lawyer Liaison Officers who assisted with the orientation visits.

Our gratitude also goes to those Judges, members of the Bar and solicitors who have kindly given up their evenings or Saturdays to assist in the Civil Justice Reform Seminar.

There is a long and illustrious list of those who have so generously helped out either as speakers, group leaders, trainers or in some other capacity (those who have helped out on more than one occasion are denoted by a star *).They are:

Members of the Judiciary

HIGH COURT
The Hon. Mr. Justice Hartmann JA
The Hon. Mdm. Justice Chu JA
The Hon. Mr. Justice Saunders
The Hon. Mr. Justice Bharwaney
Dep. High Court Judge Carlson *
Master Marlene Ng

DISTRICT COURT
HH Judge Poon, Acting Chief District Judge
HH Judge Browne *

MAGISTRATES
Mr Gary Lam *

Visiting Queen’s Counsel/Counsel

Lord Lester of Herne Hill Q.C, E&W
Lord Pannick Q.C., E&W
Richard Gordon Q.C., E&W
Edward Fitzgerald, C.B.E., Q.C., E&W
Martin Pointer Q.C., E&W
Nicholas Green Q.C., E&W

Timothy Brenton Q.C., E&W
Collingwood Thompson Q.C., E&W
John Katz Q.C., New Zealand
Victor Joffe Q.C., E&W
Monica Carss-Frisk Q.C., E&W
David Perry Q.C, E&W

Others

Frank Poon, Solicitor-General, Department of Justice
Peter Wong, Deputy Solicitor-General, Department of Justice
David Leung, Sr. Asst. Director of Public Prosecutions, Department of Justice *
Martin Hui, Sr. Asst. Director of Public Prosecutions, Department of Justice
Lee Tin Yan, Senior Government Counsel, Department of Justice
Grace Wong, Administrator, Duty Lawyer Service
Ian Candy, School of Law, the City University of Hong Kong
Dr. Sheilah Hamilton

Christopher To, Executive Director, Construction Industry Council
Chiann Bao, Secretary-General, HKIAC
Cheng Yee Khong, ICC Int’l Court of Arbitration Asia Office
Ruth Cowley, Partner, Norton Rose
Susan Munro, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
James Kwan, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
William Leung, Partner, William K.W. Leung & Co.
David Sandborg, FHKI Arb and FCI Arb
Dr. Jian Chen, Director of Registration, CIETAC
Mark Reeves, Managing Partner, Munros
Steven Dewhurst, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
Martin Giggins, Former Financial Lines Broker, Cooper Gay

Members of the Hong Kong Bar Association

Clive Grossman S.C.
Michael Blanchflower S.C. *
Horace Wong S.C.
Peter Ng S.C.
Alexander King S.C.
Russell Coleman S.C. *
Kumar Ramanathan S.C.
Keith Yeung S.C.
Selwyn Yu S.C. *
Graham Harris S.C.
Linda Chan S.C.
Corinne Remedios
Leo Remedios
Nigel Kat *
Lisa Remedios *
Juliana Chow *
Ashok Sakhrani
Bernard Chung *
Andrew Raffell
Liza Jane Cruden *
Keith Oderberg *
Raymond Leung
P.Y. Lo
Richard Khaw *
Frederick Chan *
Giles Surman *
Joseph Vaughan
Kent Yee
Kamlesh Sadhwani
Gary Soo

Yvonne Cheng
Jerry Ng
Michael Yin
Bruce Tse *
David Boyton *
Law Man Chung
Martyn Richmond
Jonathan Wong *
Colin Wong *
Johnny Ma
Audrey Campbell-Moffat *
Jose Antonio-Maurellet
Edwin Choy
Bernard Man
Roxanne Ismail *
Jonathan Chang
Eugene Yim
Angela Gwilt *
Helen Au *
Edward Ng *
Jonathan Ah-weng *
Lee Shu Wun *
Martin Wong *
Nisha Mohamed *
Robin Egerton *
Sezen Chong
Benson Tsoi
Kay Chan *
Kim Rooney