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Engineer/PE,
Technical Professional & Contractor as Witness or Expert Witness (Re-run
No. 31)
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Date Scheduled |
11 and 12 April 2024 (Thurs, Fri) |
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Duration |
2 days |
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Time |
8.30am to 6.00pm |
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Venue |
Hotel
Grand Pacific (101 Victoria Street, Singapore 188018) |
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Registration Fee |
$790 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable |
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Early
Bird Registration Fee (Pay on or before 4 April 2024) |
$700 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable |
Qualified by Professional
Engineers Board (PEB) for 16 Professional Development Units (PDUs) or 16 CET
Hours
Appointed as an expert witness and do
not know what to do?
Called to be a witness in court or arbitration
proceedings and need to know what to expect?
Get your answers at the course and hands-on coaching
and guidance by an engineer-lawyer running his own law firm.
Perhaps the only expert witness training ever introduced
here in 
**Note:
For all disciplines of engineering and
engineers and engineering/technical professionals as well
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Registration Form
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Objectives of the Course: |
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1. to explain the legal
proceedings that take place at a court of law, tribunal and arbitration
and its rules. 2. to deal with the use of an
expert witness and when and how a professional or consultant like an engineer
or PE as an expert witness comes into the picture. 3. to provide participants with a
general working knowledge of the rules of evidence used in a legal proceeding
so as to help them when they act as a PE as an expert witness. 4. to explain the duties and
responsibilities of an expert witness and the liabilities (including criminal
liabilities). 5. to enable participants to
acquire the final point of drafting expert report, use of expert report and
affidavit in a legal proceeding. 6. to explain the intricacies of
the testimony of an expert witness in an examination, cross-examination and
re-examination in a legal proceeding. 7. to provide participants with
practical guidelines and hands-on-experience as an expert witness by
role-playing guided by the trainer in a simulated legal proceeding |
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Course Details: |
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Day 1 -
a brief introduction to
the laws of -
the differences between a
hearing in the court of law, tribunal and arbitration -
the differences between
criminal and civil proceedings -
an outline of what takes place
at a hearing in a court of law, tribunal or arbitration -
introductory aspects of
the law of evidence in a legal proceeding -
a brief coverage of the
relevant rules of court and arbitration rules as used in a hearing at a court
of law, tribunal or arbitration
- what is an affidavit -
the purpose and use of an
affidavit in a court proceeding -
the role of witnesses in a
legal proceeding and the differences between a witness and an expert
witness: when, why and how an expert witness comes into the legal proceedings -
who can be an expert witness,
how to become an expert witness, the fees chargeable -
the duties/obligations,
responsibilities of an expert witness -
the liabilities (including
criminal liabilities) of an expert witness Day 2 - as technical professional such as an
engineer/PE as an expert witness and the rules of conduct and etiquette - preparing and drafting expert report:
some generalities and suggested pitfalls to avoid -
the use of an expert report - the role and duties of an expert
witness in court, tribunal or arbitration viz. the expert witness
testimony, what he is expected to do, say, when to say and how to say - some final pointers on the formalities - an explanation of an examination-in-chief,
cross-examination and re-examination in a legal proceeding -
what is the dress code -
case study: participants to go through cases with examples of drafting
expert reports and expert testimony in court, tribunal or arbitration - simulated court/ tribunal/ arbitration
hearing: participants to role-play as expert witnesses using the cases
studied with guidance and coaching by the trainer |
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Speaker’s CV |
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Mr.Lee
Kwok Weng, B.Eng. (Mech.)(S'pore), M.Sc.(Ind.Eng)(NUS), DipBA(NUS), GradDip Mktg.(MIS), LLB(Hons)(Bucks), LLM(Lond),
Barrister-at-Law, Advocate & Solicitor (Retired), Supreme Court of
Singapore, Accredited Mediator & Arbitrator, MMIS, FIES, Honorary Legal
Advisor, IES & SISO, was in continuous private legal practice for almost 29 years running
his own law firm before his retirement from legal practice. He has been for many years an
Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Admin, National
University of Singapore, teaching Business Law in the MBA programme and was also an Adjunct Lecturer in NTU & BCA Academy. He specialises in Business
Contracts, Negligence, Information Technology and Engineering & Building
Laws. He is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and is well-versed in the
technical field, marketing and management practice too. Mr.Lee
brings with him
considerable industrial project and business development management
experience, having worked as a senior project manager in a leading
Multi-national engineering and construction corporation serving the oil and
gas industries onshore and offshore. A knowledgeable hands-on litigation lawyer, Mr.Lee
also brings with him a wealth of practical knowledge & experience of the procedural and legal requirements of arbitration and court
proceedings as well as at tribunal hearings |