About this Seminar:

The talk will first identify the reasons for the adoption of the Model Law and how these contribute to an understanding of how the Model Law should be interpreted in an internationalist way.

It will then explore the different ways each jurisdiction has adopted the Model Law and whether those differences have impacted on how the courts have approached its interpretation. This requires a historical review of all case law on the Model Law in each jurisdiction to identify the extent to which the internationalist approach has been adopted.

The talk will go on to examine how the courts of each jurisdiction have decided issues relating to setting aside of awards in a uniform way. The talk is thus a comparative analysis of which of the jurisdictions have more effectively achieved the Model Law’s objectives.  

Seminar Programme:

About the Speaker: 

Dr. Dean Lewis is a Partner of Pinsent Masons practicing in the areas of construction and arbitration. He has lived in Hong Kong for 32 years almost all of that time with Pinsent Masons but his practice has taken him to almost every country in the region. Dean's practise primarily involves mediation and arbitration, having been involved in over 250 cases, often as advocate. He has also been advisor to the Hong Kong Construction Association for 30 years and as such has been instrumental in the lobbying of law reform in Hong Kong, in particular he was involved in drafting the Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance that was enacted in 2011 and was recently involved in helping to redraft the Domestic Arbitration Rules of the HKIAC. He has also lobbied the Hong Kong Government for many years to enact security of payment legislation and is now involved in helping with the drafting of that legislation. Dean had a rather unusual mid-life crisis as he decided to undertake a PhD at the University of Leicester. His recently published book is based on his thesis and the lecture he proposes to deliver is based on the book. 

About the Chairperson

Mr. Johnny Tan Cheng Hye, BBM is the founding partner of LT&T Architects where he practised for almost 30 years. Johnny practises now as an independent arbitrator. He is a Past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb), having served two terms as President from 2007 to 2011. Johnny is a member of the panel of arbitrators of several international arbitration centres including SIAC, SIArb, KLRCA, HKIAC, DIAC, SCIA, LCIA, IIAM and SIA. He is also a member of the Advisory Council to the National Commercial Arbitration Centre, Cambodia. He is a Principal Mediator with the SMC and CCPIT/CCOIC Mediation Centre. An accredited adjudicator with the SMC, Johnny also sits on the Construction Adjudicator Accreditation Committee. Johnny has held various positions in the SIA and served as its Vice-President from 1998 to 2000. Johnny has been appointed as arbitrator in both institutional and ad hoc arbitration cases in Singapore, Brunei and Dubai. In addition to an active practice in architecture and ADR, Johnny also sits as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors of Singapore Polytechnic and chairs the School of Architecture and the Built Environment Advisory Committee and the Admin and Development Committee. He is Chairman of the SP International Board. 

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