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Head IV

OLQE 2014

OLQE 2014 Head IV
Head IV Speakers
Accounts
Ody Apostol Lai Ody Apostol Lai
Barrister-at-law, Baskerville Chambers

Ody is a practicing barrister in Hong Kong and practices in criminal, commercial and family law. Ody is also a Fellow Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong and in Philippines. She worked in various accounting and managerial positions for more than 15 years. She also managed and owned her own businesses for at least 10 years before practicing in the Hong Kong Bar.
Professional Conduct
Julienne JEN Julienne JEN
Senior Teaching Consultant, Department of Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong;
Solicitor, HKSAR;
Solicitor, England and Wales;
CEDR Accredited Mediator;
Accredited General Mediator of the Law Society of Hong Kong

Julienne is currently a full-time Senior Teaching Consultant at the Department of Professional Legal Education, Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong. Julienne is the course coordinator for the Civil Litigation course and the Commercial Disputes Resolution Elective for the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws programme offered by the University of Hong Kong.

Julienne is experienced in defending litigation involving professionals, acting upon the instructions of professional liability insurers. Her main area of practice is in medical negligence and related medico-legal matters including handling Medical and Dental Council inquiries and Coroners Inquests. Julienne also has experience in general commercial litigation matters, including matters involving insurance law, handling joint ventures and shareholders' disputes (and applications under sections 168A and 177(1)(f) of the Companies Ordinance), sales of goods disputes, defamation actions and insolvency proceedings.
Amanda Whitfort Amanda Whitfort
Associate Professor, Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong;
Barrister of the High Court of Hong Kong;
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supteme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia;

Amanda is an Associate Professor in the Department of Professional Legal Education where she has led the Criminal Litigation course on The University of Hong Kong's Postgraduate Certificate of Laws for 12 years. She has also taught Professional Practice, Civil Litigation, and Advocacy, both the University of Hong Kong and at the City University of Hong Kong.

She has extensive experience in trial prosecution in Australia where she is admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia. In 2005 she was the first local candiate to pass the Hong Kong Bar Association's Qualification Examinations.

She is currently a parctising member of the Hong Kong Bar and a preosecutor on fiat for the Department of Justice in Hong Kong. In 2001 she was awarded the University of London's Convocation Trust Brigid Cotter prize for obtaining the highest aggregate on the external LLM programme.

She is currently chief examiner for The Law Society of Hong Kong's Overseas Lawyer's Qualification Examinations in Criminal Procedure (Head II) and was previously an examiner in Professional Conduct (Head IV), for seven years.

Her research interests include criminal justice and administration, environmental law (incuding animal law), and PRC criminal law and procedure.
Head IV Examination Date
11 November 2014 (Tuesday)
Head IV Class Schedule
Date Time Hrs Topic   Speaker Remarks
Wed 9 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Accounts L1# Ody
Fri 11 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Accounts L2 Ody
Wed 16 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Accounts R1 Ody
Thu 17 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Accounts R2 Ody
Wed 23 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Professional Conduct L3 Julienne
Fri 25 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Professional Conduct L4 Julienne
Wed 30 Jul 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Professional Conduct L5 Julienne
Fri 19 Sep 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Professional Conduct R3 Amanda
Tue 23 Sep 6:30pm - 8:45pm 2 Professional Conduct R4 Amanda
Mon 6 Oct 6:30pm - 10:00pm 3.5 Mock Examination
Mon 13 Oct 6:30pm - 7:30pm 1 Mock Exam Feedback Amanda
Mon 13 Oct 7:30pm - 8:30pm 1 Mock Exam Feedback Ody
Head IV Class Venue
Euro Trade Centre Unit 903, 9/F, Euro Trade Centre, 21-23 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong [View Map]
Signing in & out at Registration Registration begins 20 minutes before the start of each session. Bad Weather Policy Class sessions will be cancelled if a No. 8 higher tropical cyclone signal or black storm warning is raised within 3 hours before the start of registration or during the session. In the event of cancellation due to bad weather, the session will be re-schedule.
No CPD Course for OLQE 2014 at the moment.
Examination Dates
Important Dates
  • Closing date for lodging application to sit the 2014 OLQE Examinations27 Jun 2014 (Fri)
  • Closing date for registration to sit the 2014 OLQE Examinations15 Aug 2014 (Fri)
  • Issue of candidate slips8-12 Sep 2014
  • Last date to advise of disability29 Sep 2014 (Mon)
  • Last day to withdraw from Examiantion to be eligible for part refund of registration fee14 Oct 2014 (Tue)
  • Provisional date for release of the results24 Feb 2015 (Tue)