Mr Lim is passionate about mediation and he wants lawyers to explore this avenue.
The former Law Society president successfully mediated a number of cases with claims of between $10 million and $12 million last year. Even better are the overall numbers: a 75 per cent success rate with 90 per cent of cases resolved within a day at the Singapore Mediation Centre that he helped set up in 1997.
'There is a lot of satisfaction in having successfully mediated a case,' said the 53-year-old, who was called to the Bar in 1982. Now a partner at Wee Tay & Lim, Mr Lim also helped to set up the Law Society's Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, and its law awareness and advocacy programmes.
Married to a housewife, the father of two grown sons put himself through law school at the National University of Singapore by giving tuition.
'NUS gives a sound foundation and you get to meet fellow future lawyers. It's much easier to settle a case when you know the lawyers from the other side,' said the former vice- president of the Singapore Academy of Law.
Since then, the trial lawyer has fought cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal. He has also helped to train lawyers, judges and professionals in mediation for the Thai judiciary, the Bar Council of Malaysia and Fiji's Ministry of Labour, among others.
A year ago, he was appointed chairman of the Asian Mediation Association. On his newly-minted status as Senior Counsel, he said: 'I hope to be a good example, to encourage more people to see law as a service to society.'
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Talk on Summary Judgement (25 May 2012) Organised by the Selangor Bar Committee, this talk will take place at 5:00 pm, at the Selangor Bar Committee Auditorium, on 25 May 2012 (Friday). The talk will be conducted by Ramesh Supramanian. Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on Tax Issues in Financial Transactions (25 May 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, this seminar, featuring S Saravana Kumar, will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 25 May 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Dialogue with Criminal Law Practitioners (26 May 2012) Organised by Bar Council, this dialogue will take place at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, at the Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, Bar Council, on 26 May 2012 (Saturday). Click on the link above for more details.
Conference on Competition Law (31 May 2012) Organised by Bar Council with the support of LexisNexis, this conference will take place at 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, on 31 May 2012 (Thursday). For more details or to register, please contact Vilashini Vijayan (03-2050 2095; vila@malaysianbar.org.my). Click on the link above for more details.
Talk on What Clients Want (7 June 2012) Organised by the KL Bar Practitioners' Affairs Committee, the talk, presented by Ong Eu Jin, will take place at 5:00 pm, at the KL Bar Auditorium, on 7 June 2012 (Thursday). Click on the link above for more details.
4th LAWASIA Family Law Conference, Penang (13 and 14 July 2012) Supported by Penang Bar Committee and the Malaysian Bar, this conference, themed “The New Global Family: Emerging Trends and Challenges to Family Practice”, will take place at Traders Hotel, Penang, on 13 and 14 July 2012 (Friday and Saturday). Click on the link above for more details.
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