[WEBINAR & IN-PERSON] Contract Law Reform Across the Causeway: A Roundtable Discussion Workshop on revising Malaysia’s Contracts Act 1950 (27-28 June)

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  • [WEBINAR & IN-PERSON] Contract Law Reform Across the Causeway: A Roundtable Discussion Workshop on revising Malaysia’s Contracts Act 1950 (27-28 June)
June

27

Friday
Time:9:00 am (SGT)
Venue:Lee Sheridan Conference Room (Eu Tong Sen Building)
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469G Bukit Timah Road

Zoom
Type of Participation:Open To Public

Description

Earlier this year, the Legal Affairs Division (BHEEU) of the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Department initiated an ambitious law reform exercise to undertake a comprehensive review of the Malaysian Contracts Act 1950. A Working Group comprising senior judges, academics and commercial law practitioners was set up to reform and modernise the Act so that it aligns with contemporary legal standards while meeting the needs of modern society.

Contract law developments of this magnitude in Malaysia, which is Singapore’s closest neighbout and most important trading partner, are of particular significance to the ASEAN region’s transnational commercial landscape. These law reform efforts will facilitate, at a systemic level, the regional convergence of the business laws of ASEAN member states,  thereby furthering the single market aspirations of the ASEAN Economic Community.

The EW Barker Centre for Law & Business and Asian Law Institute (ASLI) are pleased to host this Workshop to provide members of the Working Group a platform to discuss their proposals for reforming this important piece of legislation with a broader audience. Participants will get a glimpse into the thought processes behind this law reform process, as well as the opportunity to learn how Malaysia’s future contract law framework is likely to be codified when the Act is updated by 2026.  In addition, our guests are interested getting feedback from Workshop participants about the the proposed law reforms under consideration by the Working Group.

Workshop Convenor  and Host:

  • Dr Burton Ong, NUS Faculty of Law
  • Emeritus Professor Tan Lee Meng, NUS Faculty of Law

Keynote Address on the Application of English Law by the Singapore Courts (“Their Law in Our Hands”)
by Mr Chan Sek Keong, former Chief Justice of Singapore and Distinguished Fellow of the NUS Faculty of Law

Members from the Committee for Review and Reform of Contract Law in Malaysia include:

  • The Hon. Justice Datuk Vazeer Alam bin Mydin Meera (Federal Court, Committee Chairperson)
  • Dato’ Mary Lim Thiam Suan
  • Dr Punitha Silivarajoo
  • Mr Philip Koh Tong Ngee
  • Mr Sathish Mavath Ramachandran
  • Assoc Professor Dr Adnan Trakic
  • Prof Zuhairah Ariff Abdul Ghadas
  • Mr Oon Chee Kheng
  • Mr GK Ganesan
  • Dr Ridoan Karim
  • Mr Wong Tat Chung
  • Dr David Fung Yin Kee

Fees Applicable

In-person
1.5 days : $392.40
1 day : $294.30

Zoom
1.5 days : $327
1 day : $245.25

CPD Points

Public CPD Points:
7 - Day 1
3 - Day 2
Practice Area: Corporate/Commercial
Training Level: Foundation

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 participants attending the face-to-face activity, this includes signing in on arrival and signing out at the conclusion of each day of the activity in the manner required by the organiser, and not being absent from each day of the activity for more than 15 minutes. For those participating via the webinar, 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 in the manner required by the organiser, and not being away from any part of the webinar for more than 15 minutes on each day of the activity. Participants may obtain 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 on any particular day of the activity will not be able to obtain CPD Points for that day of the activity. Please refer to www.silecpdcentre.sg for more information.

Contact Information

ewbclb@nus.edu.sg