[SMULA] Primer Series: Conflict of Laws 

Associate Professor Yip Man

School of Law

Singapore Management University

SYNOPSIS

These two seminars aim to provide practitioners with an understanding of the fundamental principles of Singapore private international law, with focus on their application in the commercial area.

The first seminar will cover the jurisdictional rules of the Singapore High Court, the SICC and the Choice of Court Agreement Act 2016, as well as their interplay. It will also discuss how these different jurisdictional regimes will affect the drafting of jurisdictional agreements.

The second seminar will cover choice of law rules, with focus on contractual and tortious choice of law rules and practical considerations in the drafting of choice of law clauses. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Associate Professor Yip Man formerly practiced as a disputes lawyer. She is currently the Deputy Director of the Centre for Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia, SMU. Her research interests are in private law, private international law and international commercial courts. Her work has been cited in leading treatises, as well as by the Singapore Court of Appeal, Singapore High Court and the High Court of England and Wales. She previously acted as an expert on Singapore commercial law and Singapore private international law in an arbitration matter.  

FEES

a. Registration Fee 

Seminar fee of S$200* (inclusive of GST) applies.

b. Group Registration

Seminar fee of S$180* (inclusive of GST) applies if there are at least 10 participants from the same organisation.

c. SMU Alumni (LLB / JD / LLM graduates)

Seminar fee of S$180* (inclusive of GST) applies for SMU LLB / JD / LLM Alumni

 

*Please note that there will be no refund of any fees should the participant cancel the registration/ fail to attend the seminar. However, registration is transferable. Notice of any change in participant should be sent to the Academy via email: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg, by 23 October 2020.

SMU School of Law reserves the right to cancel or postpone any event. In such case, we will arrange for the refund of seminar fees paid.

 

Registration closes on 23 October, subject to availability of seats.

DATE

30 October and 6 November 2020

TIME

2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

PUBLIC CPD POINTS

4 points (2 points for each day)

PRACTICE AREA

International Law

TRAINING LEVEL

Foundation

ABOUT THE SMU LAW ACADEMY

The SMU Law Academy (previously known as CLE) has an established track record of providing the legal profession with high quality seminars and other opportunities to remain fully informed about contemporary legal developments in Singapore and beyond. Its carefully curated listing of seminars is developed with the profession’s multi-faceted needs in mind and meets the requirements of the CPD scheme. The Academy also administers the Auditing Scheme which enables members of the legal profession to consolidate and upgrade their understanding of the law by auditing courses in the School’s LL.B., J.D. and LL.M. programmes. For an overview of upcoming SMU Law Academy events, please click here.

ABOUT THE SILE'S CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

This programme is an Accredited CPD Activity under the SILE’s CPD Scheme. Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, this includes logging in at the start of the webinar and logging out at the conclusion of the webinar on each day of the activity, and not being away from any part of the webinar for more than 15 minutes on each day of the activity. Participants may obtain 2 Public CPD Points for each day of the event on which they comply strictly with the Attendance Policy. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to http://www.silecpdcentre.sg for more information.

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