Statutory adjudication in construction disputes in the UK has now been operational for 25 years. Philip will talk about the results of a recent comprehensive survey concerning the said dispute resolution process from the perspective of the users of such process for the resolution of construction disputes in the UK, which survey was designed to find out what users like and dislike about the process, in particular with a view to determining and discussing with the attendees at the talk whether Hong Kong can learn any lessons from the UK experience so far as its proposed SOP legislation is concerned.

Our speaker is:

Philip Boulding KC - B.A. (Law) (1st Class Honours) Downing College, Cambridge University, England; Postgraduate LL.M., Downing College, Cambridge University; MA, Cambridge University; Cambridge rugby ‘Blue’

Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Gray’s Inn, of which he is a Bencher) & Member of Keating Chambers, London

Appointed Queen’s Counsel (1996)

Called to Hong Kong Bar (1996 – first of many ad hoc calls)

Appointed Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Panel of Arbitrators (2012)

Approved Mediator, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (2014)

Approved Arbitrator, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (2014)

TECBAR accredited adjudicator

Course Director of HKIAC’s first Adjudicator Training Course (2015)

Recommended International Arbitrators of PIAC (2016)

Philip Boulding KC is a member of Keating Chambers, based in Asia. He specialises in the fields of construction, engineering, technology law and related professional negligence work and his practice comprises primarily international arbitration work. His clients include local authorities, government departments, major national and international construction and engineering companies, energy and utility companies and developers.

Philip sits regularly as an adjudicator and as long ago as 1996/1997 conducted an adjudication in Hong Kong under an ACP contract concerning the construction of the Tsing Ma Bridge. Philip also sits regularly as an arbitrator and recently acted as Chairman of a DIAC arbitral tribunal in Dubai in relation to disputes arising from the construction of a gas production facility in Iraq, as well as the Chairman of a 3-person ICC Arbitral Tribunal concerning a dispute arising out of the construction of an oil facility in Basra, Iraq.

Philip is praised as a “hard-working silk and powerful cross-examiner” who “is always there when you need him, quick to respond, very thorough and a brilliant team member”, and is recommended for his work in Chambers & Partners (UK Bar, Global and Asia Pacific guides), Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal, as well as in Doyle’s Guide, as a leading barrister in Hong Kong for construction and infrastructure.

Recent cases as counsel have included: acting for Hong Kong MRTCL in the high profile Hung Hom Station Public Inquiry (which involved being called to the Hong Kong Bar on an ad hoc basis); acting on instructions from an Australian law firm based in Sydney for two separate Fijian clients in arbitration disputes arising out of very large construction projects in Fiji; and acting for a multinational professional services firm in relation to a professional negligence claim arising out of the design and supervision of the construction of an iconic bridge in Hong Kong.

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Venue : By Zoom (Details to be provided following registration)

Date / Time : Monday, 19 Dec 2022; 6:30pm to 7:45pm (HK Time)

Cost : Free for members of HKICAdj; HK$150 for non-members

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