Expert Evidence in Hong Kong Arbitration

Expert evidence decides many construction and infrastructure disputes in Hong Kong. In this session six speakers look at it from four seats: the tribunal, counsel, the client and the expert. The tribunal must weigh the evidence; counsel instruct and test it; the client pays for it; and the expert gives it. Each speaker answers the same two questions. What do you want from the expert? What do you not want?

The talks start with the Hong Kong framework: the Arbitration Ordinance, the HKIAC 2024 Rules, the IBA Rules and the CIArb Protocol. They then turn to what an expert needs from the legal team, and to how a contractor chooses and pays for experts. Counsel's segment runs from instructions to cross-examination, and the last looks at recent cases on independence, conflicts and the use of AI. This site follows the talk segment by segment, with every authority cited in full and linked, a checklist of what each side wants from its expert, and the slides.