CURRICULUM VITAE of ANTHONY HOUGHTON S.C.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE of ANTHONY HOUGHTON S.C. BARRISTER - AT - LAW of DES VOEUX CHAMBERS CHARTERED ARBITRATOR CHARTERED QUANTITY SURVEYOR (NON PRACTISING) Arbitration / ADR Outside court litigation Mr. Houghton has over 20 years of experience as a dispute neutral, primarily as arbitrator (sole and tribunal member), with over 130 appointments having been accepted, and many awards rendered in a wide range of disputes. Matters in issue have included various commercial disputes including insurance disputes, professional negligence, breaches of licence agreements and deeds of trust, international sale of goods as well as a wide range of construction, engineering, dredging and other infrastructure related disputes. In the last three years, arbitration appointments have involved several construction and quarrying contracts in Hong Kong, Dubai and Qatar; sales of goods disputes between Thai and Nepali parties and between Australian and Indian parties; construction works in Malaysia; licensing agreements in India; dredging works (also in India); and roadworks in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Procedurally arbitrations have been conducted under a variety of Rules, including those of HKIAC, ICC, CIETAC, DIAC, the Thai Arbitration Institute, UNCITRAL and the KCAB. Several disputes have been ad-hoc, without the adoption of sets of rules. Evidence has been taken and various hearings conducted in jurisdictions including (alphabetically) Dubai, England, India, Nepal, Singapore, and Thailand, as well as China and Hong Kong. Mr. Houghton is a panel member of many institutional, regional and international bodies including bodies in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea and Dubai. Appointments have also been accepted to act, as an Adjudicator on contractual /ad-hoc adjudications, and as a Mediator, on both domestic and international disputes. Legal Professional In practice as a barrister (now Senior Counsel) in Hong Kong in Des Voeux Chambers since This practice encompasses a broad variety of civil and commercial litigation, but with a particular emphasis on construction and engineering litigation and arbitration. CV of Anthony Houghton SC page 1

2 Appearances as counsel have been required locally and internationally before arbitrators, and in courts in Hong Kong at all levels, and in several specialist lists. Advisory work in relation to disputes of many types has frequently been undertaken, and also in regard to standard form construction contract drafting for a number of clients. As a fractional appointee with the University of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1993, Mr. Houghton was responsible for organizing and, (in part) teaching the "Property and Construction Law" element of the BSc (Surveying) degree in the Department of Surveying. Judicial Mr. Houghton was appointed as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong in March 2013 (having previously been appointed as a Deputy Judge on various occasions) and these duties involve him sitting as a judge in that Court for one month each year. Other Mr. Houghton is the Chairman of the Deposit Protection Appeals Tribunal, established under the Deposit Protection Scheme Ordinance. ADR Committees and Training Mr. Houghton is a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, representing the East Asia region. He is an approved tutor and course director for the Chartered Institute and a former Chairman of the East Asia Branch. He became a Council Member at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in 2016, having served on its Appointments Committee since Assistance has been given in the running of many educational and training courses for arbitration in China and Hong Kong, and in Dubai, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. Tutoring has also been undertaken for the Hong Kong University and City University Master s degree courses. Mr. Houghton was a member of the Departmental Working Group which was responsible for the implementation of the Report of the Committee on HK Arbitration Law and the drafting of the new Arbitration Ordinance. He is a member of the Hong Kong Bar Association s Special Committees on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Discipline. He is a former Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. CV of Anthony Houghton SC page 2

3 Quantity Surveying Employed in private practice in Liverpool, London and (from 1981) as a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Associate of two professional practices in Hong Kong, engaged in a variety of construction and engineering projects in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and the East Asia region. Experience with these firms included periods of secondment to Singapore (4 months) and Indonesia (2 months), and the provision of contractual advice to various offices within the Asian region as manager of the Legal Support Group. Academic / Professional Qualifications Legal: LL.B. Degree awarded by London University (External) (1987); and called to the Bars of England and Wales (1988) and Hong Kong (1989). Appointed as Senior Counsel in Hong Kong (2008), and a Recorder of the High Court in Hong Kong in Arbitration: A Chartered Arbitrator since 2000, having become a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1987 and a Fellow in Elected to Fellowship of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators in Quantity Surveying: Diploma in Quantity Surveying awarded by Liverpool Polytechnic (1975); a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 1978, and of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors since Personal & Contact Details Date of Birth; 30th July, A British National, and holder of a Hong Kong Permanent I.D. Des Voeux Chambers Tel: th Floor, Gloucester Tower, Fax: The Landmark, ahsec@biznetvigator.com Central, neutral@biznetvigator.com Hong Kong ahneutral@gmail.com CV of Anthony Houghton SC page 3

4 Hong Kong Arbitration Experience Appointments in excess of 130 cases in Hong Kong, the majority of which have been as sole arbitrator on construction and engineering disputes. Matters in issue have regularly involved technical issues relating to (for example) earthworks and piling construction; architectural and engineering design issues, road construction, marine works, electrical installations, complicated plumbing installations, tunnel boring, fitting out and decoration works, and a wide variety of building defects. Expert evidence has been heard on numerous occasions on these matters. Disputes have also involved insurance matters, partnership disputes, licensing agreements, professional services contracts, and a variety of more general commercial disputes. Synopsis of international arbitration appointments; last 6 years: Appointments as Tribunal Chairman: Commercial dispute regarding sale and shipment of goods between Singaporean and Indian parties, seated in Singapore. Engineering related dispute between main contractor and subcontractor, Italian and Japanese parties, subject to Malaysian law, seated in Singapore. Dispute regarding licensing agreement (engineering parts) between French and Indian parties; Indian law, seated in India. Dispute regarding licensing agreement (production facility in China); seated in Hong Kong. Dispute regarding long-term sale agreement; Australian and Indian parties; Indian law, seated in India. Dispute regarding design and construction of power generating plant between Chinese and Indian parties; Indian law, and seated in India. Construction and engineering dispute between joint venture partners (Thai and Japanese), subject to Thai law, seated in Hong Kong. Construction dispute between main contractor and subcontractor, both UAE entities, subject to law of the UAE and seated in Dubai. Sales contract dispute regarding electricity transformers between Nepal and Thai parties, subject to Nepali law and seated in Kathmandu. CV of Anthony Houghton SC page 4

5 Appointment as Tribunal Member Dispute between Emirati (electrical) subcontractor and Indian supplier regarding construction project in Dubai; seated in Dubai. Engineering (dredging) dispute between Belgian contractor and Port authority in India; subject to Indian law and seated in India. Dispute regarding professional fees between Hong Kong and Chinese parties, subject to Chinese law, seated in China. Two separate disputes between contractors and employers over engineering works in Dubai, subject to UAE law. Employment dispute regarding validity of a restrictive covenant applicable to partners in a professional firm; subject to Hong Kong law and seated in Hong Kong. Construction and engineering dispute between Kuwaiti and Japanese parties, regarding a construction project in Qatar, seated in England. Sole Arbitrator Appointments on International Disputes Construction and engineering dispute between main contractor and subcontractor, subject to Singapore law and seated in Singapore. Licensing agreement dispute between USA and Indian parties, subject to Indian law, and seated in Singapore. Three separate sales contract dispute between Chinese and Hong Kong parties, seated in Hong Kong. Construction and engineering dispute regarding road project in the Philippines; subject to Philippine law, seated in Hong Kong. Three separate disputes regarding construction projects in Macau, subject to Macanese law, two seated in Hong Kong, one seated in Macau. Construction and engineering dispute between American and Japanese parties, regarding a project in Djibouti, seated in Hong Kong. CV of Anthony Houghton SC page 5

CURRICULUM VITAE. I graduated with an LL.B. Hons. from the Queen Mary College, University of London in 1968.

CURRICULUM VITAE. I graduated with an LL.B. Hons. from the Queen Mary College, University of London in 1968. CURRICULUM VITAE Name: CECIL W.M. ABRAHAM Address: Cecil Abraham & Partners, Suite 12.01, Level 12, Menara 1MK, No. 1 Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: 603 2726 3700 Fax: 603 2726 3732/3733