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/ Wednesday, 15 September 2010
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
1.5 CPD points
* This course is an approved RME elective course
HK$400
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Venue : / Elementary level, for delegates who do not have prior knowledge of the subject area
Joint Professional Centre
Unit 1, G/F.,
The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
About the course:
The seminar will consist of the Essar legal officers presenting fact scenarios and identifying issues encountered in their handling of claims against solicitors, and Cleresa Wong and John Budge from Wilkinson & Grist giving their comments and views on how to deal with the scenarios from conveyancing and litigation aspects respectively. An opportunity will be given for questions and discussion from the floor.
The proposed scenarios are:-
l Contingent liabilities in all monies mortgages
l Undue influence
l Warranties of authority
l Identity fraud
l Housing Ownership Scheme Premium
l Missed time limits
l Protecting client’s position in conveyancing transactions
l Stakeholders’ duties
l Conflict issues
Course objective:
To share claims experiences on conveyancing practices and circumstances which give rise to claims against solicitors in order to help practitioners recognise circumstances and warning signs, the issues involved and steps which can be taken to minimise or avoid claims arising from such circumstances.
About the presenters:
Fiona Stewart, Account Director & Legal Officer, Essar
Evelyn Yan, Legal Officer, Essar
John Budge, Partner, Wilkinson & Grist
Cleresa Wong, Partner, Wilkinson & Grist
Fiona Stewart is Account Director and Legal Officer of Essar Insurance Services Limited (“Essar”). Fiona is a barrister admitted to practice in the UK (1981) and Hong Kong (1982). She was a civil litigation practitioner before joining Essar in 1991. She left in 1995 and re-joined Aon in 2006 in her current position. In addition to her claims handling work, Fiona has overseen a review of Scheme operations and claims handling procedures to bring a more efficient service to solicitors. Fiona sits on the Law Society’s Professional Indemnity Advisory Committee and other sub-committees advising on aspects of the Scheme.
Evelyn Yan is a solicitor admitted to practice in Hong Kong (1999) and UK (2000). Prior to joining Essar as Legal Officer in August 2008, she was a civil litigator with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert specialising in professional indemnity and insurance work acting mainly for insurers and insureds. She was a Panel Solicitor for this Scheme and the SFC’s insurance scheme for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Evelyn is a member of the Law Society’s Committee for Risk Management Education and sub-committee relating to RME Electives.
John Budge is a partner in Wilkinson & Grist and the Head of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. John has been a Hong Kong civil litigation practitioner since 1978 and he has extensive experience in a wide range of practice areas, including arbitration, insolvency, commercial disputes, employment, trust and probate, regulatory, insurance, administrative law and disaster litigation. He is a Panel Solicitor of this Scheme in addition to numerous public service appointments which includes membership of the Council of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Law Reform Commission
Cleresa Wong has been a partner in Wilkinson & Grist since 1986. She has invaluable experience and knowledge of conveyancing issues gained over the years in her real estate practice (both contentious and non-contentious) and practice in development agreements and joint ventures, building and town planning applications and appeals, building management, loan and security documentation, human resources, retirement schemes and private client work. Her public service duties include being the Chairman of the Appeal Board Panel (Toys and Children’s Products Safety), member of the Immigration Tribunal and the Appeal Tribunal (Housing), and Legal Advisor to the Diocesan Commission for Hospital Pastoral Care, Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
Enrolment Conditions:
1. Enrolments will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis.
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4. The Hong Kong Academy of Law reserves the right to alter or cancel this course.
5. Places cannot be reserved by facsimile. Registrations will only be accepted upon full payment of the course fee and receipt of the registration form.
6. If you cannot attend a booked course, written notification must be received by the Academy at any time before the date of the booked course and then you may either: 1. transfer your booking to a replacement delegate; or 2. transfer, up to 3 times, your booking to another Academy course of same value within 6 months of your written notification. If you still cannot attend the booked course after you have utilised the 3 transfers of your booking, no further transfers will be allowed and the course fees paid will be forfeited unless notice of cancellation is received in accordance with the cancellation policy.
7. Notice of cancellation of a booking must be given so that it reaches the Academy not less than seven (7) days before the date of the course and is subject to an administration fee. This fee is presently set at HK$100. Cancellations received after this time will not be accepted - the registration fee will remain payable and shall under no circumstances be refunded. Registrations are transferable to another person at any time before commencement of the course provided that the Academy is notified in advance.
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Re: Conveyancing Pitfalls and Related Litigation Issues
Wednesday 15 September 2010 (091510A)
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