Please be informed that the Continuing Professional Development and the Publications & Information Technology Sub-Committees of the Johore Bar Committee are organising the above titled Webinar.
This Webinar will assist the participants to understand the historical developments of parent company liability for tort committed by its foreign subsidiaries, and focus on three recent English cases where the courts have held that a parent company may be liable under tort for environmental harm caused by its overseas subsidiaries: Lungowe v Vedanta Resources plc [2019] UKSC 20; Okpabi & Others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc & Another [2021] UKSC 3, and Municipio De Mariana v. BHP Group [2002] EWCA Civ 951. The Webinar will also offer insights on how these case laws may apply here in Malaysia and explore potential remedies for environmental harm in Malaysia.
Particulars of the Webinar are as follows:
| Date | 11TH AUGUST 2022 (THURSDAY) |
| Time | 3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
| Fees | RM20.00 FOR MEMBERS OF THE MALAYSIAN BAR RM10.00 FOR PUPILS IN CHAMBERS / LAW STUDENTS |
| CPD code | T5/11082022/JHB/JHB221094/2 [2 points] |
About the Speaker
KWONG CHIEW EE is a Partner at Rahmat Lim & Partners. Chiew Ee’s areas of practice include corporate and commercial litigation, restructuring and insolvency, and international arbitration. She is also part of the Firm’s ESG & Public Policy practice.
She has represented a wide range of clients, including multi-national corporations, liquidators, receivers and managers, financial institutions, and foreign clients, in a multitude of disputes at all levels of court in Malaysia and in both institutional and ad hoc international and domestic arbitrations. Chiew Ee is listed in the Asian Legal Business’ Rising Stars Malaysia list 2022, which showcases Malaysian lawyers under the age of 40 currently doing high quality work and earning accolades from their clients.
Chiew Ee is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an Accredited Tribunal Secretary at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She also sits in the Panel of Arbitrators at the Thailand Arbitration Center. She was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2012.
Chiew Ee is a member of the Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee. She is also the sole Malaysian National Rapporteur for Climate Change Litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia University, New York. She holds an adjunct faculty position in a Malaysian university where she teaches international dispute resolution. Chiew Ee is Professional Fellow under the Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative Professional Fellowship Program (Sustainable Development and the Environment Institute Theme), a fully-funded leadership and professional development exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
She graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree in 2010. She also holds a Master of Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Payment & Registration
The course is limited to 100 participants only. To guarantee your space, payment and registration are required on a first come first serve basis.
Payment can be made by direct deposit or internet banking to:
Account name: JOHORE BAR HOUSE & LIBRARY FUND
Bank: CIMB Bank Berhad
Account no.: 80-0933164-8
To register, please submit ALONG WITH PROOF OF PAYMENT, the following details by email to the Secretariat (secretariat@johorebar.org.my) on or before 10th August 2022 (Wednesday).
- Name of participant(s) and the corresponding Membership Number/Petition Number;
- Name of legal firm; and
- Email address of each participant.
Once you provide the Secretariat with the above details and the proof of payment, you will receive an email with the registration link for the Webinar. Participants will also receive slides (if any – with the permission of the speaker) subsequent to the Webinar by way of email.
CPD points will be given upon completion of the whole session to participants who have attended until the end of the event based on the online report of ‘logged-in’ duration.
We look forward to your participation. In the meantime, we hope that you are keeping safe and healthy!
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