ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Lord Mance was Deputy President of the Supreme Court. He sat from 1993 to 1999 as a Commercial Judge, was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1999, and to the House of Lords in 2005 where he spent four years as a Law Lord before becoming a Justice of the Supreme Court on its formation in 2009 and its Deputy President in 2017-2018.

He has wide-reaching experience of international, commercial and European law, having written many judgments in all these areas at both first instance and appellate levels.

Lord Mance was until the end of 2021 Chair of the International Law Association as well as Chair of the Conduct Committee of the House of Lords. He is co-chair of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law, and a member of the Judicial Integrity Group (responsible for the Bangalore Principles on Judicial Conduct). He also sits as an appellate judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court and was from 2020 to 2023 Chief Justice of the Astana International Financial Centre Court.

While on the bench, he sat on the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges, becoming its first elected chair from 2000 to 2003. In the House of Lords, he chaired a sub-committee of the European Union Select Committee, scrutinising proposals concerning European law and institutions, and contributing to the Committee’s report on the Treaty of Lisbon 2009. He also led a group working on domestic enforcement of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and a delegation reporting on the problem of impunity in relation to violence against women in the Congo.

Lord Mance has been appointed in a wide range of arbitrations (in a majority of cases as sole arbitrator or chair, but also as a wing arbitrator) under ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules and ad hoc in fields including insurance/reinsurance, energy, construction, international trade, joint venture and shareholder agreements and investment. Lord Mance also accept instructions as an accredited mediator.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Sapna Jhangiani KC is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, based in Singapore, with over twenty-five years’ experience in appearing before courts and tribunals, and sitting as an arbitrator or mediator, in complex commercial disputes seated all over the world, including investor-state disputes. 

Alongside her independent practice as an advocate, arbitrator and mediator, she is a Judge in the Court of Appeal of the DIFC Courts.

Sapna is a member of the Panel of Advisors to the Attorney-General of Singapore, and was International Legal Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers for 3 years from 2021 to 2024.

Sapna is a Council member of the Singapore Branch of the International Law Association. She is also a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

PROGRAMME

16:00 to 16:10 Welcome and introduction of speakers
16:10 to 16:25 Address / remarks by Lord Mance
16:25 to 17:00 Moderated discussion with Lord Mance
17:00 to 17:15 Questions and Answers
17:15 to 18:00 Networking Drinks

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