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15Mlc Souvenir Prog.Pmd Conference Programme Day 1 29 July 2010 07:30am - 09:00am Registration Plenary Theatre 09:00am - 09:15am Introductory Remarks by Lim Chee Wee, Chairperson, Organising Committee, MLC 2010 09:15am - 09:45am Opening Address by Ragunath Kesavan, President, Malaysian Bar Session MC: Dipendra Harshad Rai, Advocate & Solicitor, Tengku Hishamudin Ram Dipendra 09:45am - 10:15am Morning Coffee Break 10:15am - 11:15am Keynote Address: Rule of Law by The Honourable Michael Kirby, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia Moderator: Raphael Tay, Advocate & Solicitor, Tay Kuan Teck & Son Session MC: Dipendra Harshad Rai, Advocate & Solicitor, Tengku Hishamudin Ram Dipendra 11:15am - 12:45pm Session 1 - Ballroom 1 Session 2 - Plenary Theatre Session 3 - Banquet Hall Setting Aside and Enforcement of Conversations on the Constitution 1: Professional Negligence: What Lawyers and Arbitration Awards Why is Parliament Relevant to the Accountants Should Watch Out For Moderator: Dato’ V C George, Former Layperson? Moderator: YA Dr Haji Hamid Sultan Abu Judge, Court of Appeal Moderator: Mahaletchumi Balakrishnan, Backer, Judge, High Court Session MC: Tay Weng Hwee, Advocate & Advocate & Solicitor, Sreenevasan Session MC: Haraesh Kelly, Advocate & Solicitor, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Session MC: Christopher Joseph, Solicitor, Shearn Delamore & Co Gledhill Advocate & Solicitor, Christopher Joseph & Speakers: Speakers: Associates Robert Lazar, Advocate & Solicitor, Michael Hwang SC, Chief Justice, Dubai Speakers: Shearn Delamore & Co International Financial Centre YB Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Russell Coleman SC, Chairman, Hong Tan Sri Dato’ Cecil Abraham, Advocate Jaafar, Kong Bar Association & Solicitor, Zul Rafique & Partners Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat of Kristy Tan, Advocate & Solicitor, Allen & Vinayak Pradhan, Advocate & Solicitor, Parliament, Malaysia Gledhill, Singapore Skrine Haji Sulaiman Abdullah, Advocate & Solicitor, Sulaiman 12:45pm - 01:45pm Lunch at Ballroom 2 01:45pm - 02:30pm Ballroom 1 PLENARY SESSION: Constitutional Revival: The South African Experience by Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, Chief Justice of the South African Constitutional Court Moderator: Anil Divan, Associate President, Bar Association of India 7 Conference Programme 02:30pm - 04:00pm Session 1 - Ballroom 1 Session 2 - Plenary Theatre Session 3 - Banquet Hall Competition Act 2010: What it Means to Hard Talk on Human Rights Legal Education at the Crossroads Malaysian Businesses Moderator: Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan, Moderator: Steven Thiru, Advocate & Moderator: YA Tan Sri James Foong, Advocate & Solicitor, Sreenevasan Solicitor, Shook Lin & Bok Judge, Federal Court Session MC: Christopher Joseph, Advocate Session MC: Haraesh Kelly, Advocate & Session MC: Lee Shih, Advocate & & Solicitor, Christopher Joseph & Associates Solicitor, Shearn Delamore & Co Solicitor, Skrine Speakers: Speakers: Introductory Remarks by YB Dato' Ismail YB Dato' Sri Ong Tee Keat, Member of Haji Sulaiman Abdullah, Advocate & Sabri Yaacob, Minister of Domestic Trade, Parliament, Pandan Solicitor, Sulaiman Cooperatives and Consumerism Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, Opposition Dr Rajeswari Kanniah, Dean, Taylor’s Law Speakers: Politician; Former Minister; Former School, Taylor’s University College Shila Dorai Raj, Under-Secretary, Policy Member of Parliament Raja Singham, Managing Director and and Planning Division, Ministry of James Nayagam, Commissioner, Senior Lecturer, Brickfields Asia College Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and SUHAKAM Professor Dr Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Consumerism Zainah Anwar, Director, Musawah; Mahmod, Mauricio Alvarez, Senior Legal Counsel, Board Member, Sisters in Islam Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, Lafarge SA, France R Nadeswaran, Editor, Special and International Islamic University Malaysia Faizah Jamaludin, Advocate & Solicitor, Investigative Reporting, the Sun Skrine Session sponsored by Skrine 04:00pm - 04:15pm Afternoon Coffee Break 04:15pm - 05:45pm Session 1 - Ballroom 1 Session 2 - Plenary Theatre Session 3 - Banquet Hall Latest Developments in Civil and Conversations on the Constitution 2: Securities Law: Latest Developments in Commercial Courts Bringing Rights to the Rakyat Prosecution and Enforcement Moderator: Robert Low, Advocate & Moderator: Maimuna Hamid Merican, Moderator: YA Puan Nallini Solicitor, Ranjit Ooi & Robert Low Lecturer, Gender Studies Programme, Pathmanathan, Judge, High Court Session MC: Tay Weng Hwee, Advocate & Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Session MC: Haraesh Kelly, Advocate & Solicitor, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & University of Malaya Solicitor, Shearn Delamore & Co Gledhill Session MC: Christopher Joseph, Advocate Speakers: Speakers: & Solicitor, Christopher Joseph & Associates Tan Hock Chuan, Advocate & Solicitor, YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Sharif, Judge, Speakers: Tan Hock Chuan & Co Federal Court Haris Ibrahim, Advocate & Solicitor, Yew Yee Tee, Head of Enforcement, YA Tuan Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, Haris & Co Bursa Malaysia Judge, High Court Mien Ly, Filmmaker & Trainer Dhinesh Bhaskaran, Advocate & Hardesh Singh, Co-founder, Popfolio Solicitor, Shearn Delamore & Co Sdn Bhd Brendan Navin Siva, Advocate & Solicitor, Kadir, Andri & Partners 06:30pm - 09:00pm Welcome Reception at East Wing Foyer, KLCC 8 Day 2 30 July 2010 09:00am - 09:45am Ballroom 1 PLENARY SESSION: Judicial Activism by YAA Tun Dato’ Seri Zaki Tun Azmi, Chief Justice of Malaysia Moderator: Lester G Huang, President, LAWASIA 09:45am - 11:00am Session 1 - Ballroom 1 Session 2 - Plenary Theatre Session 3 - Banquet Hall The Interface between the Sha’riah and Conversations on the Constitution 3: Schemes of Arrangement: How to Legal Systems in Islamic Finance: Recent How Do I Read the Constitution?: Succeed and How to Challenge Them Developments Recent Developments in Interpretation Moderator: Tan Sri Dato’ Abd Aziz Moderator: YA Dato’ Rohana Yusuf, and Implementation Mohamad, Former Judge, Federal Court Judge, High Court Moderator: Syahredzan Johan, Advocate Session MC: Kamraj Nayagam, Advocate Session MC: Amir Sharil Bahari, Advocate & Solicitor, Ramrais & Partners & Solicitor, Skrine & Solicitor, Bahari & Bahari Session MC: Lydia Lee San San, Advocate Speakers: Speakers: & Solicitor, Raja Darryl & Loh Nahendran Navaratnam, Advocate & YBhg Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Speakers: Solicitor, Kadir, Andri & Partners Former Chief Justice of Malaysia YBhg Dato' Seri Gopal Sri Ram, Former Azhar Azizan, Advocate & Solicitor, Dr Aida Othman, Director, ZI Shariah Judge, Federal Court Cheang & Ariff Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Advocate & YBhg Dato’ Syed Ahmad Idid, Former Rabindra Nathan, Advocate & Solicitor, Solicitor, Zaid Ibrahim & Co Judge, High Court Shearn Delamore & Co Fara Aniza Mohammad, Senior Lawyer, Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Lee Chui Sum, Accountant, Islamic Finance, UK Saleem Faruqi, Professor of Law, UiTM PricewaterhouseCoopers Session sponsored by Zaid Ibrahim & Co 11:00am - 11:15pm Morning Coffee Break 11:15am - 12:00pm Ballroom 1 PLENARY SESSION: Redrawing the Modern Boundaries of Contractual Interpretation: From Text to Context and Beyond by Justice V K Rajah, Judge, Court of Appeal of Singapore Moderator: Lim Chee Wee, Vice-President, Malaysian Bar 12:00pm - 02:30pm Lunch at Ballroom 2 02:30pm - 03:45pm Session 1 - Ballroom 1 Session 2 - Plenary Theatre Session 3 - Banquet Hall Managing Construction Disputes: An Corporate Responsibility: The Role of Mediation and the Courts: The Right Overview from Injunctions to Arbitration Enterprises in the Promotion and Approach Moderator: Sundra Rajoo, Director, KL Protection of Human Rights Moderator: Hendon Mohamed, Regional Centre for Arbitration Moderator: Dato' Dr Cyrus Das, Advocate Advocate & Solicitor, Rastam Singa & Co Session MC: Amir Sharil Bahari, Advocate & Solicitor, Shook Lin & Bok Session MC: Kamraj Nayagam, Advocate & Solicitor, Bahari & Bahari Session MC: Lydia Lee San San, Advocate & Solicitor, Skrine Speakers: & Solicitor, Raja Darryl & Loh Speakers: Adrian Hughes QC, Essex Street Speakers: YA Datuk David Wong, Judge, High Chambers, London Michael Bochenek, Director of Law and Court of Sabah & Sarawak Mohanadass Kanagasabai, Advocate & Policy, Amnesty International, London Datuk N Chandran, Advocate & Solicitor, Shook Lin & Bok Kamal Malhotra, UN Resident Solicitor, Albar & Partners Ivan Y F Loo, Advocate & Solicitor, Skrine Coordinator and UNDP Resident Gunavathi Subramaniam, Advocate & Sanjay Mohanasundram, Advocate & Representative for Malaysia Solicitor, Rosley Zechariah; Mediator, Solicitor, Kadir, Andri & Partners Dr Jayanthi Naidu Desan, Senior Malaysian Mediation Centre Session sponsored by KL Regional Centre Consultant, CSR Asia Sponsored by Messrs Albar & Partners for Arbitration 9 Conference Programme 03:45pm - 04:00pm Afternoon Coffee Break 04:00pm - 04:45pm Ballroom 1 PLENARY SESSION: Growing Beyond Borders by Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak, Group Chief Executive, CIMB Group Moderator: Dato' V C George, Former Judge, Court of Appeal 04:45pm - 06:00pm Session 1 - Ballroom 1 Session 2 - Plenary Theatre Session 3 - Banquet Hall The 2008 World Financial Crisis: The Investigations: What are the Key Latest Developments in International and Malaysian Perspective (Banking/ Elements in a Trafficking-in Persons Domestic Trust and Foundation Laws Insolvency) Case? Moderator: Low Beng Choo, Advocate & Moderator: YA Tuan Mah Weng Kwai, Moderator: Andrew Khoo Chin Hock, Solicitor, Ranjit Ooi & Robert Low Judicial Commissioner, High Court Advocate & Solicitor, Andrew Khoo
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