Phai Cheng GOH, Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel, Singapore; LL. B (Hons) (Sing)
SIArb (Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrator)

Office Address : 20 Maxwell Road, #06-15 Maxwell House, Singapore 069113 Republic of Singapore Tel: (+65) 6534 9692 Faxes: (+65) 6534 9691 Email : gohpc@singnet.com.sg or phaicheng@gohpc.com Nationality: Singaporean Languages: English and Chinese (Mandarin; Cantonese and Fujian dialects)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

LL. B. (Honours in Class II Upper Division), University of Singapore, 1967

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

1. Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (since August 1970)
2. Senior Counsel, Supreme Court of Singapore (appointed in January 1999)
3. Accredited Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre (since 1997)
4. Accredited Adjudicator, Singapore Mediation Centre (Since 1 April 2005)
5. Fellow, Singapore Academy of Law (since 1991)
6. Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (since 1995)
7. Member, Society of Construction Law, Singapore (since 2002)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CAREER:

Current Appointments:

1. Currently serving as co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator in a number of on-going institutional or ad hoc arbitrations
2. Member, Competition Appeal Board, Republic of Singapore (since 1 Sept 2005)
3. Member, Anti-Dumping Tribunal, Republic of Singapore (since March 1998)
4. Fellow and Vice President of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
5. Council Member of Society of Construction Law, Singapore
6. Chairman of a Disciplinary Committee appointed under the Legal Profession Act to inquire into a complaint made against an Advocate & Solicitor

Career:

1. Joined the Singapore Legal Service in June 1967 and served in the Attorney-General's Chambers from 1967 to 1990 in various capacities including-
   • Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel
   • Senior State Counsel
   • Deputy Parliamentary Counsel
2. Held various judicial appointments from 15 January 1991 to 14 January 1994.
3. Appointed as Parliamentary Counsel, Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore from January 1994 to July 1997 and concurrently as Law Revision Commissioner, Singapore from 1995 to July 1997
4. Practising as advocate and solicitor since August 1997

Judicial Appointments held:

1. Judicial Commissioner, Supreme Court of Singapore, 15 Jan 91 to 14 Jan 94
2. President, Industrial Arbitration Court, 15 Jan 91 to 31 Aug 93
3. President, Copyright Tribunal, 15 Jan 91 to 14 Jan 93
4. Chairman, Income Tax Board of Review, 15 Jan 91 to 14 Jan 93
5. Chairman, Valuation Review Board, 15 Jan 91 to 14 Jan 93
6. Chairman, Hotel Licensing Board, 15 Jan 91 to 14 Jan 93
7. Chairman, Tenants' Compensation Board, 15 Jan 91 to 31 Dec 92
8. Panel Member, Military Court of Appeal, 2 Jan 88 to 14 Jan 91
9. Commissioner, Government Procurement Adjudication Tribunal, Ministry of Finance, Government of the Republic of Singapore (1 Oct 1998 to Sept 2004)

Academic Position held:

Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Structural Engineering of the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (1 January 1998 to 30 November 2001)

United Nations:

Chairman, 28th Session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (May/ June 1995)

Legal:

1. Director, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) (August 1999 to August 2003)
2. Council Member, The Law Society of Singapore, 1999 - 2003
3. Vice President of The Law Society of Singapore, 2001 - 2002
4. Member, Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law, 2001 to 2002
5. Member of the Compensation Fund Committee established under the Travel Agents Act, 1977 to Jan 91
6. Chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of The Law Society of Singapore (2000 - 2004)
7. Vice President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (2003 - 2005)
8. Member of Law Reform Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law (August 1999 - July 2006)
9. Chairman of a Disciplinary Committee appointed under Rules 16 of the Patents (Patent Agents) Rules 2001 of Singapore to inquire into a complaint against a registered patent agent (June 2006)

Past and Present memberships of Panel of Arbitrators:

1. Singapore International Arbitration Centre
2. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
3. The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
4. Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration
5. Indonesian National Board of Arbitration
6. Qinqdao Arbitration Commission of the People's Republic of China

EXPERIENCE IN ARBITRATION:

1. Since 1997 appointed as chairman, sole arbitrator or member of arbitral tribunal in over 30 arbitrations conducted under the Rules of SIAC, ICC, UNCITRAL and the Singapore Institute of Architects and on adhoc basis
2. Since 1997 appointed as sole mediator or co-mediator in over 25 mediation cases conducted at the Singapore Mediation Centre
3. Appointed as counsel in arbitration proceedings for building construction disputes
4. Listed in Asia Pacific Legal 500 2004/2005 Edition as a known arbitrator in Singapore for construction disputes

ARBITRATION RELATED ACTIVITIES:

1. Conducted a series of lectures on "Construction Claims and How to Resolve Them" jointly with Prof Dennis Ballou, Professorial Fellow of Nanyang Technological University at the Centre for Advanced Construction Studies, Nanyang Technological University in August 1998
2. Delivered a paper on "Design Obligations of Contractors" at a Seminar on Design and Build Contracts organised by the Centre for Advanced Construction Studies, Nanyang Technological University on 5 May 2000
3. Delivered a paper on "International Commercial Arbitrations in Singapore" at the Seminar on International Arbitration in Asia organised by the State Bar of California International Law Section held in San Francisco, USA from November 9 to 10, 2000
4. Delivered a paper on The Arbitral Process: Perspectives from Different Jurisdictions" at an International Arbitration Symposium jointly presented by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch), the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre held on November 17-18, 2000 in Singapore
5. Delivered a paper on "Resolution of International Construction Disputes by Arbitration" at the Third International Conference on Construction Project Management held on 29-30 March 2001 in Singapore
6. Successfully completed the Fast Track Programme for experienced lawyers conducted by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Hong Kong in November 2003
7. Passed the Award Writing Examination conducted by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Hong Kong in December 2003
8. Delivered a paper on "Duties of Arbitrators" at the International Conference on Construction Law and Arbitration held at the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration at Kuala Lumpur on 26 to 28 April 2005
9. Delivered a paper on "Enforcing your Arbitral Award in a Non-Convention Country" at the ADR in Asia Conference organised by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association on 15th September 2005
10. Delivered a paper on "Mediation - The Singapore Experience" at the Conference on "The Development of the Use of Mediation in Dispute Resolution: A Global View" organised by the Hong Kong Mediation Council on 16th September 2005

PUBLICATIONS:

Copyright:

"Effective Enforcement of Copyright" [1990] Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Vol. 2 page 91

"Effective Enforcement of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights" published in the Papers and Country Reports of WIPO - Australia Copyright Program for Asia and the Pacific (Canberra, 1987).

"The Singapore Copyright Act 1987" November 1987 issue of COPYRIGHT - the Monthly Review of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

"A Guide to the Copyright Bill 1986" [1986] 2 MLJ page viii

"Copyright Protection in Singapore" Singapore Printer, July 1986 issue, page 2

Others:

"Citizenship Laws of Singapore" published in 1970 by Educational Publications Bureau now known as EPB Publishers Pte Ltd

Twenty-Third Session of UNCITRAL (1990) Malaya Law Review 322

Co-author of the Chapter on "Restructuring Singapore through Legislation: Major Legislative Changes in the Past Five Years" in the book entitled "Review of Judicial and Legal Reforms in Singapore between 1990 and 1995" published by the Singapore Academy of Law and Butterworths Asia, 1996.

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Last update : September 2006