HKICM Adjudicator Training and Accreditation Programme

The Government has issued a Development Bureau (DEVB) Technical Circular (Works) setting out the policy on the implementation of the Security of Payment Provisions in public works contracts with a view to facilitating timely processing of contract payments and providing an interim mechanism for speedy resolution of payment disputes before the enactment of the Security of Payment Legislation (SOPL).
The first HKICM Adjudicator Training and Accreditation Programme will be delivered with details as follows.

(a) Programme Trainer:

Dr. Christopher TO
BEng(Hons), LLB(Hons), LLM, MA, PhD, DEng (honoris causa), PCLL, DipCD, FCIArb, FHKIArb, FAMINZ(Arb/Med), FSIArb, FIET, FHKIoD, FHKIE, RPE, CEng, CITP, MBCS, HKCS, ARAeS, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator, Adjudicator, Adjunct Professor, Barrister-at-law.

(a) Language: Cantonese supplemented by English
(b) Materials produced for this programme (copyright) are the property of the Trainer.
(c) Lectures and tutorials on 15 May 2022, 22 May 2022, 29 May 2022 and 5 June 2022 (9:00am to 5:00pm)

Day 1:
Principles of Construction Law I
Principles of Construction Law II

Day 2:
Principles of Adjudication theory and practice
Rules and Procedure of Adjudication I
(including practice notes, code of Conduct, and conflicts of interest in adjudication)

Day 3:
Rules and Procedure of Adjudication II,
Principles and Theory of Drafting an Adjudication decision I

Day 4:
Principles and Theory of Drafting an Adjudication decision II

Examination on 19 June 2022 (2:00pm to 5:00pm)