Contributing Authors
![]() | Michael Hwang Michael Hwang S.C. |
Michael Hwang was educated at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Oxford University where he was a college scholar and prizewinner.
He began his legal career teaching law at the University of Sydney. He then joined Allen & Gledhill in Singapore, where he remained for over 30 years.
He now practises as an independent Barrister and Arbitrator.
In 1991-1992, he served as a Judicial Commissioner (Acting High Court Judge) of the Supreme Court of Singapore. From 2001-2003, he was a UN Compensation Commissioner in Geneva. He is on the panels of the PCA, ICSID and 14 national arbitration centres. He is also a member of the ICC Court, and has recently been appointed the Deputy Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial Centre.
Articles written by this author
- Witness Conferencing and Party Autonomy
- Trial by Issues
- Claims Against Arbitrators for Breach of Ethical Duties (Bibliography of Materials)
- Singapore Court of Appeal rules that the Doctrine of Champerty applies to Arbitration Proceedings (Otech Pakistan Pvt Ltd v Clough Engineering Ltd)
- Court Has No Power under Model Law to Restrain hallenged Arbitrator from Proceeding Prior to Completion of Arbitration
- Experts - OGEMID discussion
- Arbitrators and Barristers in the Same Chambers - A Unsuccessful Challenge
