CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Commonwealth Legal Education Association Conference

Day 1
2 April 2026
TIME
SESSION DETAILS
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Registration at Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
8:30 AM
Transport departs from Shangri-La to Universiti Malaya
9:00 AM
Arrival of VIPs at Dewan Tunku Canselor, Universiti Malaya

Light Refreshments at Univeristi Malaya
9:30 AM
Arrival of YAB Prime Minister
9:35 AM – 9:40 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Prof Dato Seri Ir Dr Noor Azuan Abu Osman
Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaya
9:40 AM – 9:45 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Tan Sri Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan
Patron of CLEA
9:45 AM – 9:55 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Dr. S. Sivakumar
President of CLEA
9:55 AM – 10:05 AM
Special Address
The Right Honourable Datuk Seri Utama Wan Ahmad Farid bin Wan Salleh
Chief Justice of Malaysia
10:05 AM – 10:15 AM
Special Address
The Right Honourable Justice Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India
10:15 AM – 10:25 AM
Keynote Address
YAB Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim
Prime Minister of Malaysia

Opening Ceremony
10:45 AM
Departure of YAB Prime Minister

Delegates depart to Shangri-La
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
Plenary Session 1: Judiciaries in the Age of Technology and Globalisation
Moderator:
Sathish Ramachandran, Messrs Deol & Gill
Speakers:
  1. The Honourable Justice Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad, Judge of the High Court of Malaya
  2. Mr. Raja Singham, Managing Director & Chief Future Officer of BAC Education Group
  3. Other speakers from the Commonwealth to be confirmed
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Lunch
2:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Plenary Session 2: Navigating the ESG Imperative
Speakers:
  1. The Honourable Justice Dato' Faizah binti Jamaludin, Judge of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
  2. Dhinesh Bhaskaran, Messrs. Shearn Delamore
  3. Other speakers from the Commonwealth to be confirmed
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Tea Break
4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
Plenary Session 3: Developing Litigation & Transactional Skills in the 21st Century
Speakers:
  1. The Honourable Justice Dato' Azizul Azmi bin Adnan, Judge of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
  2. Gopal Sreenevasan, Endeavour Group Law Practice
  3. Raphael Tay Choon Tien, Messrs. RDS Partnership
  4. Other speakers from the Commonwealth to be confirmed
6:00 PM
End of Day 1
7:00 PM
Welcome Dinner at Shangri-La
Day 2
3 April 2026
TIME
SESSION DETAILS
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Ministerial Address
The Honourable Dato' Sri Azalina binti Othman Said
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform)
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Plenary Session 4: Cross-Border Corporate Insolvency in the Commonwealth
Moderator:
YBrs. Tuan Thiyagu Ganesan, Deputy Director General (Law Reform) at the Legal Affairs Division in the Prime Minister's Department
Speakers:
  1. The Honourable Justice Wan Muhammad Amin bin Wan Yahya, Judge of the High Court of Malaya
  2. Lee Shih, Messrs. Lim Chee Wee Partnership
  3. Rabindra S. Nathan, Messrs. Shearn Delamore
  4. Other speakers from the Commonwealth to be confirmed
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Tea Break
11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
The Commonwealth Moot Finals
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Lunch
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Plenary Session 5: Emerging Global Challenges for Criminal Law Practice
Speakers:
  1. Dr. Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University Malaya
  2. Other speakers from the Commonwealth to be confirmed
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Tea Break
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Plenary Session 6: Navigating the Landscape of International Arbitration
Speakers:
  1. Dato' Mary Lim Thiam Suan, President of the AIAC Court of Arbitration and Retired Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
  2. Dato' M. Rajasekaran, Messrs. Rajasekaran
  3. Other speakers from the Commonwealth to be confirmed
5:15 PM – 5:35 PM
Closing Address
The Honourable Justice Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India
5:35 PM – 6:00 PM
Valedictory Ceremony, Prize-Giving Ceremony and Closing Remarks
6:00 PM
End of Day 2
7:30 PM
Gala Dinner
Plenary Sessions
Key Sessions
Breaks
Social Events

Note: Programme subject to change. Speakers to be confirmed.

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