編號 : 2024027
項目名 : Latest developments in Hong Kong’s health and safety regime and what it means to you
學會持續專業發展編號 : Formal Events
講師 : Hinson Cheung (Partner, Pinsent Masons)
Hinson specialises in construction and engineering law. He is also dual qualified as quantity surveyor with 20 years’ experience in construction administration and law. Hinson is a full member of the HKIS, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and is a member of the HKIA & HKIS Joint Panel of Arbitrators and HKIS Panel of Adjudicator. Hinson is a Solicitor Advocates meaning that Hinson has been granted Higher Rights of Audience from the judiciary, to advocate with recognised competence and advocacy rights comparable to barristers in the Hong Kong courts. He is also a part-time lecture at the Department of Real Estate and Construction, HKU, delivering construction and arbitration law lectures to post-graduate. Hinson’s practice also includes an established track record of health and safety and regulatory cases and has handled more than 300 summonses including the most high-profile cases, and various Magistracy appeals.

Bernice Shang (Associate, Pinsent Masons)
Bernice’s practice focuses on contentious legal work on construction and civil engineering projects. She has assisted in high value local and international arbitrations, and defended contractors in health and safety prosecutions. Bernice holds a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration and is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators.
日期 : 2024-02-28
時間 : 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
註冊截止日期 : 2024-02-21
有關組別之資格預審前研習小時 : 1.5
Divisional PQSL Hour(s) : 1.5
地點 : 香港上環干諾道中111號永安中心12樓 1207室測量師研習中心
部門 : QSD
主辦者 : The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (Quantity Surveying Division) and Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers
費用 : HK$150 for HKIS and HKICM members; HK$210 for non-members
名額 : HKICM and HKIS members; first-come-first-served
語言 : Cantonese supplemented by English
詳情 :

Reform to Hong Kong’s occupational safety regime has long been seen as the solution to reducing industrial accidents. In April 2023, the Occupational Safety and Occupational Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2022 was passed, bringing sweeping changes to the consequences of persons convicted of occupational safety and health offences (“OSH offences”).

The new regime means penalties for both employers and employees have taken a great leap and, together with the reform the Labour Department has also pledged to step-up enforcement in pursuing individual liability (including director’s and co-workers’ liability). The most drastic changes would be the introduction of indictment, meaning OSH offences can be tried in the District or even High Court. Under the reform, consultants and construction practitioners are no longer “immune” from being prosecuted (whether as a firm or as individual) of OSH offences, and are therefore exposed to the risk faced by contractors.

The presentation will also discuss how the reform is relevant to quantity surveyors and construction managers, what they can do to protect themselves as professional individuals and to the corporate that they work in.

備註 :

*For Face-to-Face:

  • Prior online registration is required. Walk-in registration will not be entertained.
  • Eating and drinking is not allowed at the Surveyors Learning Centre.
付款 : HKD 150
Face-to-Face/Zoom : Face-to-Face