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Areas of Practice
Arbitration
Construction
Contact
Tel (Sec)
03 2164 0200
ext 123
E-mail
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About Lim Chong Fong
Lim Chong Fong started his
career as a quantity surveyor. He worked in a construction firm in
Singapore from 1985 to 1990 before he started his career in legal practice.
He was admitted as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor in 1988. From November
1991, he practised in Messrs Azman, Davidson & Co. principally in
construction law and arbitration. He became a Partner in 1994.
Qualifications and Admissions
- BSc
(Building)(Hons), National University of Singapore (1985)
- LLB
(Hons), University of London (1989)
- Member
of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK) (1988)
- Certificate
in Legal Practice (1990)
- Advocate
& Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1991)
- Barrister
at Law, Middle Temple (1995)
- Advocate
& Solicitor, Supreme Court of Brunei (1999)
- Member
of the Chartered Institute of Building (2005)
- Fellow
of the Institute of Surveyors Malaysia (2005)
- Fellow
of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2006)
- Chartered
Arbitrator
Areas of Practice
Chong Fong’s primary areas of practice are Building and Construction
litigation and arbitration.
Experience
The matters Chong Fong has handled include the following:
- Advising,
drafting and vetting of joint venture agreements, main contracts,
sub-contracts and consultancy agreements of construction projects.
- Resolution
of contractual disputes involving defects, delay, extension of time
and liquidated damages, prolongation and disruption claims, variation
claims, termination of contract, etc.
- Arbitrated
on contractual and commercial disputes involving sub contract final
accounting, termination of construction contract and claims for
damages.
- Acts
for contractors, professional consultants, sub-contractors and
developers as counsel.
- Sits
as arbitrator or adjudicator.
Others
Visiting Fulbright Scholar at William S Richardson School of Law, Hawaii.
Member of the panel of arbitrators of the Regional Centre for Arbitration
Kuala Lumpur and the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia.
Past Deputy Chairman of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Malaysia
Branch.
Contributed to the Construction Law title for Halsburys Laws of Malaysia
and Malaysian Court Forms for Arbitration and Construction Law titles.
Authored "The Malaysian PWD Form of Construction Contract."
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