Speaker: Mr Michael Hwang
Members and guests of the Institute were treated to a rare sharing of an arbitrator’s perspective on cutting-edge issues in arbitration practice. The Institute is indeed honoured to have Mr Michael Hwang, SC share his thoughts on the issue of corruption in arbitration and to provide snippets concerning witness conferencing, chess clock time-management technique for complex cases in international arbitration and appointment of the presiding arbitrator. Attendees were treated to a video presentation of Mr Hwang’s interview given in London to Transnational Dispute Management (TDM), an online arbitration journal, which was based on an essay he wrote on the same topic. This was followed by an interactive session on emerging procedural innovations currently adopted in the international arbitration circuit. The entire session was kept interactive by the Chairman, Mr Chan Leng Sun, SC who also ensured that participants were thoroughly engaged on the subject matter. Mr Hwang closed the session with an introduction to his recent publication “Selected Essays on International Arbitration” which contains his candid views on both substantive law and procedural innovations, as an internationally acclaimed arbitrator.
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