January 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue Organiser Level Category Remarks 1 A Roundtable on Equipping for Court Panellists: 5-Jan-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM The Conference SJC All JOs Court Leadership Leadership Mr Vincent Hoong, Registrar, Room, State Courts Supreme Court (Refreshments Ms Jennifer Marie, Deputy Presiding provided) Judge / Registrar, State Courts Mr Chia Wee Kiat, Deputy Presiding Judge / Registrar, Family Justice Courts 2 Judgment Writing Workshop Emeritus Professor Edward Berry 12-Jan-16 8.30 AM - 5.00 Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Bench Skills University of Victoria, British PM Supreme Court Columbia (Refreshments provided) 3 Forensic Document Examination: Handwriting Ms Nellie Cheng 25-Jan-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Technology & Sciences Examination is Only the Tip of the Ice-berg Senior Forensic Scientist, Health Supreme Court • Presentation by HSA Sciences Authority (Refreshments Mr Yap Bei Sing provided) Consultant Forensic Scientist, Health Sciences Authority 4 Family Violence - Sharing by the Police Mr She Zhaozuo 26-Jan-16 Lunch-time Auditorium, State FJC All JOs Social Awareness 2 Operations Officer, Operations Courts Department / Community (Refreshments Involvement Division, Singapore provided) Police Force 5 Recent Trends in Judicial Review: New Zealand The Honourable Justice Matthew 26-Jan-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Legal Development Experience Palmer, Wellington QC Supreme Court High Court of New Zealand (Refreshments provided) February 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue Organiser Level Category Remarks 1 Managing Media Pressure in Judicial Duties Panellists: 2-Feb-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Bench Skills The Honourable the Chief Justice Supreme Court Sundaresh Menon (Refreshments The Honourable Justice Quentin provided) Loh District Judge Jasvender Kaur District Judge Victor Yeo 2 Highlights of Civil Procedure 2015 District Judge Tan Boon Heng 4-Feb-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Auditorium, State SJC All JOs Legal Development Executive Director, Singapore Courts Judicial College (Refreshments provided) 3 Effective Case Management in the Family The Honourable Justice Quentin 11-Feb-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, FJC All JOs Bench Skills Moderator: Justice Courts: Lessons from Commercial Loh Supreme Court The Honourable Judicial Cases Supreme Court (Refreshments Commissioner Valerie Thean provided) Presiding Judge, Family Justice Courts 4 Basic Judicial Educators’ Workshop The Honourable Judicial 11-12-Feb- 9:00 AM - 5.30 B1-3 Meeting Room, SJC All JOs Special Programmes Commissioner Foo Chee Hock 16 PM Supreme Court Dean, Singapore Judicial College (Refreshments District Judge Tan Boon Heng provided) Executive Director, Singapore Judicial College 5 Whither Joint/Co-Parenting in Matrimonial Professor Leong Wai Kum 15-Feb-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Legal Development Disputes Faculty of Law, National University Supreme Court of Singapore (Refreshments provided) 6 The Enforcement of Market Misconduct Ms Gillian Tan 29-Feb-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Training Room, SJC All JOs Legal Development Offences in Singapore Director, Secondary Markets Singapore Judicial Conduct & Enforcement Division, College Business Monetary Authority of Singapore Centre, Supreme Court (Refreshments provided) March 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue Organiser Level Category Remarks 1 Highlights of Recent Significant Developments Associate Profesor Ng Siew Kuan 10-Mar-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Legal Development on IP Liabilities Elizabeth Supreme Court Faculty of Law, National University (Refreshments of Singapore provided) 2 The Autopsy: Medico-Legal Considerations Dr Marian Wang 21-Mar-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Training Room, SJC All JOs Technology & Sciences Consultant (Forensic Pathologist), Singapore Judicial Health Sciences Authority College Business Centre, Supreme Court (Refreshments provided) 3 Costs Management and Guidelines The Honourable Justice Chao 22-Mar-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Synergy Conference Supreme All JOs Bench Skills Hick Tin, Judge of Appeal Room, Supreme Court Registry Supreme Court Court 4 Introduction to Mindfulness Based Stress Dr Choo Wei Chieh 29-Mar-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Special Programmes Reduction Mindfulness Instructor, Lifesteps Pte Supreme Court Ltd (Refreshments provided) April 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue Organiser Level Category Remarks 1 Crime Briefing 2015: Key Trends and Areas of Ms Jane Goh 8-Apr-16 Lunch-time TCR 1 & 2 , State State Courts All JOs Social Awareness Concern Analyst, Police Intelligence Courts Department, Singapore Police (Refreshments Force provided) Mr Lee Rong Cheng Psychologist, Police Psychological Services Division, Singapore Police Force 2 Court Leadership Traits Panellists: 14-Apr-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM TCR 1 & 2 , State SJC All JOs Court Leadership Senior Assistant Registrar Chris Courts Tan, Supreme Court (Refreshments Principal District Judge Ong Hian provided) Sun, Criminal Justice Division, State Courts Principal District Judge James Leong,State Courts Centre for Dispute Resolution District Judge Jen Koh, Deputy Registrar, Family Justice Courts 3 International Issues on Family Law The Honourable Judicial 15-Apr-16 4.30 - 5.30 PM TCR 1 & 2 , State FJC All JOs Legal Development Commissioner Debbie Ong Courts Supreme Court (Refreshments provided) 4 Metabolism of Drugs Dr Lui Chi Pang 19-Apr-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Training Room, SJC All JOs Technology & Sciences Senior Consultant Forensic Singapore Judicial Scientist, Drug Abuse Testing Unit, College Business Analytical Toxicology Lab, Health Centre, Supreme Sciences Authority Court (Refreshments provided) 5 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Act Ms Jill Tan 25-Apr-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Synergy Conference Supreme All JOs Legal Development Official Assignee Room, Supreme Court Registry Mr Quek Sze Hao Court Senior Assistant Director, Policy Advisory Division, Ministry of Law Ms Kalaselvi Rengasamy Director, Individual Insolvency & Debt Repayment Scheme Division, Insolvency Office Mr Jonathan Chua Deputy Director, Individual Insolvency & Debt Repayment Scheme Division, Insolvency Office May 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue Organiser Level Category Remarks 1 Good Courtroom Communication The Honourable Justice Choo 5-May-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Bench Skills Han Teck Supreme Court Supreme Court (Refreshments provided) 2 Introducing Continuing Judicial Learning Facilitator: 9-May-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Legal Development Through Gamification: “Civ Pro Challenge” District Judge Tan Boon Heng, Supreme Court Executive Director, Singapore (Refreshments Judicial College provided) 3 Grounds of Decision, the Dreaded and Desired: Panellists: 26-May-16 Lunch-time Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Bench Skills Through the Practitioners' Lenses Mr Edmond Pereira, Edmond Supreme Court Pereira Law Corporation (lunch provided) Mr Adrian Tan, Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC Ms Malathi Das, Joyce A Tan & Partners July 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue Organiser Level Category Remarks 1 Crime Scene Reconstruction Mr Peter Wilson 4-Jul-16 5.00 - 6.00 PM B1-3 Meeting Room, SJC All JOs Technology & Sciences Senior Consultant Forensic Supreme Court Scientist, Forensic Chemistry and (Refreshments Physics Lab, Health Sciences provided) Authority 2 Recent Developments and Trends in Civil Mr Edwin Tong SC 8-Jul-16 Lunch-time The Conference State Courts All JOs Legal Development Litigation Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP Room, State Courts (Lunch provided) 3 Principles, Policies and a Practical Approach to Professor Yeo Tiong Min 21-Jul-16 5.00 - 6.00 pm Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Legal Development Forum Non Conveniens School of Law, Singapore Supreme Court Management University (Refreshments provided) 4 When to Recuse? The Honourable Justice Vinodh 27-Jul-16 5.00 - 6.00 pm Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Judicial Ethics Coomaraswamy Supreme Court Supreme Court (Refreshments provided) August 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue /Remarks Organiser Level Category Total Capacity / 1 Judicial Ethics and Dilemmas on the Bench Panellists: 18-Aug-16 4.30 - 6.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Judicial Ethics Availability to Other Courts The Honourable the Chief Justice Supreme Court Sundaresh Menon (Refreshments The Honourable Lord David provided) Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The Honourable Justice Chao Hick Tin, Judge of Appeal The Honourable Justice Andrew Phang, Judge of Appeal 2 Use of Assets Subject to a Floating Charge to Professor Louise Gullifer 23-Aug-16 5.30 - 7.00 PM Viewing Gallery, SJC Supreme Legal Development Fund Insolvencies Harris Manchester College, Oxford Supreme Court Court University, United Kingdom (Refreshments provided) 3 Effective Engagement of Litigants-in-Person The Honourable Justice Chan 29-Aug-16 9:00 AM - 5.30 Viewing Gallery, SJC All JOs Bench Skills (LIPs) Seng Onn PM Supreme Court Supreme Court (Refreshments The Honourable Judicial provided) Commissioner Foo Chee Hock Dean, Singapore Judicial College Dr George Joseph Fernandez Senior Consultant, General Psychiatry / Psychotherapy, Institute of Mental Health Singapore Dr Jaydip Sarkar Consultant, General & Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health Singapore District Judge Jasbendar Kaur State Courts District Judge Yarni Loi Family Justice Courts District Judge Tan Boon Heng Executive Director, Singapore Judicial College September 2016 No. Topic Presenter Date Time Venue