Beyond the Black Box: When Experts Disagree

Beyond the Black Box: When Experts Disagree: What Are They Really Disagreeing About?

Expert disagreement is not always a disagreement of opinion. Experts may reach different conclusions because of different instructions, assumptions, data or methodologies or because they genuinely differ in professional judgment.

This roundtable asks whether the arbitral process does enough, early enough, to identify the real source of that disagreement, and whether doing so could help tribunals and parties determine the most appropriate procedural response.

Who should attend?

Experts and dispute resolution practitioners who work with expert evidence and are interested in sharing practical perspectives on how disagreements between experts arise, how they are managed, and where the arbitral process could do better..

To ensure a meaningful and interactive session, attendance will be capped. Register your interest early – confirmed participants will receive a confirmation email no later than 1 November.

The number of participants will be limited to ensure the invitees have an opportunity participate in the discussion. Successful registrants will be notified by email as soon as possible.

Please RSVP by 17 April 2023. We look forward to having you join us!

Facilitators

Amanda Lees, Partner, Mallesons

Amanda is a cross border dispute resolution specialist based in our Singapore office. She assists her clients to resolve disputes through international arbitration, litigation and mediation. Amanda is an expert in international arbitration in the Asia Pacific region, including in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Amanda has significant experience in both commercial and investment treaty arbitration. She also acts as international counsel in complex cross border litigation. Amanda is quick to grasp complex and technical disputes across a range of industry sectors, including energy and resources, commodities, construction, finance, insurance, telecommunications, technology, manufacturing and consumer goods. Amanda takes a strategic approach to dispute resolution that keeps her client’s commercial objectives at the fore. Signifying Amanda’s expertise and reputation in the field, she is regularly appointed as arbitrator and is on the arbitrator panels of leading arbitral institutions. She is a director of the Singapore branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has taught arbitration procedure and law to hundreds of lawyers across the Asia Pacific. Amanda is also a regular speaker at international conferences. Amanda is the Head of Mallesons' Singapore Dispute Resolution practice, and Head of Mallesons' International Arbitration practice in Australia and Singapore.

Michael Tonkin, Partner, HKA

Michael Tonkin is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Arbitrator, RICS Accredited Expert Witness and CEDR Accredited Mediator with over 35 years of construction industry experience. He is an effective dispute resolver and has acted as quantum expert on around 80 occasions. Michael has been a party appointed expert witness, a single joint expert witness and a third-party expert evaluator. He has given oral testimony in traditional cross-examination as well as concurrent evidence (hot-tubbing) in international arbitrations, in Asia, Australasia and the Middle East. Michael often acts as ‘coordinating expert’ across several disciplines of expert. Michael has been appointed as arbitrator on more than 70 occasions (as sole arbitrator, chairman of a tribunal of three, and co-arbitrator) under the auspices of ICC, LCIA, DIAC, ADCCAC and the TAI. He regularly participates in other alternative dispute resolution processes such as adjudication and dispute adjudication boards (DABs).