Vernon Ong Lam Kiat The Federal Court, Malaysia

Mr Vernon Ong Lam Kiat is a Barrister of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and was admitted to the English Bar on 23 July 1981 and the Malaysian Bar on 23 October 1982. He obtained his Master of Laws degree in 1993 and certificate in taxation in 1995. From 1985, he practised as a partner under the name and style of M/s Vernon Ong Zainab & Partners and from 1 March 1993, as a sole proprietor under M/s Vernon Ong & Associates until his elevation to the position of Judicial Commissioner on 10 August 2007. He was a visiting law lecturer with the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic and has served with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Hong Kong and Malaysia. He is currently a visiting lecturer with the Law Faculty of Malaya. Vernon served as a committee member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar from 1996 to 2000 and the Selangor Bar from 2002 to 2003. Whilst serving as a committee member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar, he headed the KL Bar Chambering Pupils Affairs Committee (now known as Pupils Welfare Committee) in 1997 and the Continuing Legal Education Committee in 1998. Over the years Vernon has served on various Bar Council committees, namely the Law Reform and New Legislation/Special Areas Committee, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Bahasa Melayu Committee, Ethics Lecture/Professional Standards & Development Committee, Commonwealth Law Conference Committee and the 12th Malaysian Law Conference Committee. He has lectured under the Ethics Lecture Programme (now known as Professional Standards and Ethics Course) since 1995 and has presented papers at seminars organised by the Bar Council and the Malaysian Association of Company Secretaries. He was examiner for the Legal Profession Qualifying Board and the Malaysian Association of Company Secretaries Examination and he has chaired adjudicating panels hearing claims against the Bar Council Compensation Fund in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. As a panel solicitor for the Bar Council Malaysia, Vernon has acted in several public interest cases and has prosecuted numerous complaints on behalf of the Bar Council before the Investigating Tribunal and Disciplinary Committee. Vernon also acts as legal adviser to the Malaysian Association of Company Secretaries and the Asian Professional Security Association. Vernon is a Civil Defence Corps volunteer holding the rank of captain.

Day 1, 18 Sept 2023

Time Session
11:00
12:10
Mediation: Perspectives of the Bench, Bar and Private Mediation
Datuk Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari Speaker Malaysian Mediation Council
Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat Speaker Retired JudgeThe Federal Court, Malaysia
Mr Aloysius Goh Speaker Founder & CEOSage Mediation, Singapore
Dato' Dr Mohamed Hassan Haji Mohamed Ariff Moderator