NZ Asian Lawyers: Considering possible settlement: Asian parties in court

Date: Monday 19 May

Time: 17:00 to 19:00

Location: Russell McVeagh, Level 30 Vero Centre 48 Shortland Street, CBD

Online: Zoom webinar

Cost: No cost

5 pm: Arrival and drinks

5.15 pm: Overview of why this conference and key findings from interviews with lawyers and mediators to date and the second conference to come and why that’s needed – Mai Chen, President of NZ Asian Lawyers.

5.25 pm: Opening welcome from Michael Taylor, on behalf of Russell McVeagh, the role of culture when acting for Chinese clients in commercial litigation – a brief practitioner’s perspective.

5.30 pm: Justice David Goddard – Court of Appeal, and Chair of the Borrin Foundation – “The importance of culture in understanding and resolving disputes.”

5.40 pm: Justice Sally Fitzgerald – Chief Judge of the High Court – “The judicial perspective on case and settlement dynamics, particularly in the Auckland High Court”.

6.00 pm: Professor Andrew Godwin- Centre for Asian Law University of Melbourne -“Judicial mediation in Australia and the impact on Asian parties”.

6.10 pm: Professor Mindy Chen Wishart – Former Dean of Law, Oxford University, author of Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia (OUP) and ICLQ article on Legal Transplant and Undue Influence: Lost in Translation or a Working Understanding? speaking on “Impact of Confucianism on human interactions playing out in the courts.”

6.25 pm: David Campbell, Vice President NZLS – Comment on the issues articulated by David Liu: the Law Society’s regulatory and representative perspectives.

6.35 pm: Yvonne Mortimer-Wang – Barrister and Co-Chair of NZBA’s Advocacy Committee and member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, NZBA – Bringing together the threads/themes from all speakers and invitation to assist with the Borrin project.

There will be 15 mins before 7pm close for questions which will be fielded by the Chair and referred to the speakers throughout the conference.

Drinks will follow at 7pm.

Nga mihi

Mai Chen

President NZ Asian Lawyers

Register here – https://bookwhen.com/nzlaw001/e/ev-s3hv-20250519170000