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This site goes with the webinar Expert Evidence in Hong Kong Arbitration: A View from the Tribunal, Counsel and Experts, part of the Keating Chambers International Webinar Series. The webinar is held online on Monday 9 November 2026 at 9am UK time, 5pm in Hong Kong. The panel is Philip Boulding KC (chair and moderator), Simon Hughes KC, Peter Brogden and Mercy Milgo of Keating Chambers; Mike Allen, Managing Director, Secretariat; and Ben Bury, Director, General Counsel, Gammon Construction Limited.

The site follows the talk segment by segment. Each segment page has the points made, the passages quoted and the authorities relied on. The checklist gathers what each side wants from its expert. The slides are the deck used on the day. The slides for Mike Allen and Ben Bury set out topics and questions for them to speak to; they do not state their views.

The law

The law is stated as at November 2026. Hong Kong law leads; English and other authorities are cited as persuasive. The talk and this site are general information about expert evidence in Hong Kong arbitration. They are not legal advice, and nothing here should be relied on in place of advice on your own facts. To instruct any member of the Keating Chambers panel, contact the clerks on +44 (0)20 7544 2600.

Sources and credits

Judgments of the courts of England and Wales are quoted from Find Case Law under the Open Justice Licence v1.0. English legislation, the Civil Procedure Rules, the Practice Directions and the court guides are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ikarian Reefer is not on Find Case Law; its passages are quoted as the Supreme Court repeated them in Kennedy v Cordia, and otherwise in short extracts from the Lloyd's Law Reports text.

Hong Kong legislation (the Arbitration Ordinance, Cap 609, and the Rules of the High Court, Cap 4A, with its Code of Conduct for expert witnesses) is quoted from the verified copies on Hong Kong e-Legislation. Hong Kong judgments are quoted briefly, with their citations, from HKLII; the practice directions are quoted from the Judiciary's Legal Reference System, and the Department of Justice's press release from the Government's information service. No official copy of Paklito v Klockner (1993) was found online; the text used is a copy on the judge's own website. The HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules 2024, HKIAC's guidance and its statistics are quoted in short extracts with credit to HKIAC.

The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2020) and their Commentary are the copyright of the International Bar Association. The ICC Commission report on experts is the copyright of the ICC. The CIArb Protocol, Guidelines and 2026 Report are the copyright of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The RICS standards, the Queen Mary University of London and Bond Solon surveys, and the other reports and guidance cited are the copyright of their publishers. All are quoted in short extracts only, with credit, and each is linked to the publisher's own copy. Orders of the United States federal courts are in the public domain.

Type

The type is Jost and Source Serif 4, each used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (licences: Jost, Source Serif 4).

Terms of use

The material on this site is general information, not legal advice. It states the law as at November 2026 and is not updated afterwards. It is written for construction lawyers, in-house counsel, contractors, employers and experts in Hong Kong and the wider region, and it assumes a working knowledge of arbitration. Nothing on this site creates a barrister and client relationship with any member of Keating Chambers, or any professional relationship with Secretariat or Gammon Construction Limited. The views in each talk are those of the speaker giving it. For advice on a particular matter, contact the Keating Chambers clerks on +44 (0)20 7544 2600.

The passages quoted on this site remain the copyright of their publishers and are reproduced in short extracts under the licences set out above; the linked source has the full text. Short quotations from this site should credit Keating Chambers and the original source of any passage quoted. The Keating Chambers name and wordmark belong to Keating Chambers and may not be used without permission. The pages make no requests to other sites.