The “Quantification of Damages” Seminar was held on 7th September 2019 (Saturday) at the Conference Hall, Palace of Justice, Putrajaya. The course aimed at providing an overview on quantification of damages to participants. This programme entailed 5 talk topics. A total of three talks were delivered in the morning session entitled “Financing Reporting in Malaysia”, “Valuation: Art, Science or Magic?” and “Valuation of Shares and Businesses - How Reliable are the Various Valuation Methods?”. The seminar had held two talks in the evening session entitled “Valuation of Damages - Are Lawyers and Valuers Speaking the Same Language?” and “Minding the (Valuation) Gap”. These talks were delivered by Dato’ Mohammad Faiz Azmi, Executive Chairman - PwC Malaysia; Mr. Jay Moorthy, Partner - Valuations Leader, PwC Malaysia; Mr. Michael Peer, Partner - Dispute Advisory Leader, PwC South East Asia; and Mr. Justin Lim Chee Teong, CA, Director - Valuations, PwC Malaysia. There was a Q&A session at the end of each talk.
A total of 106 participants had attended this seminar. They were six Federal Court Judges, 20 Court of Appeal Judges, 41 High Court Judges, 16 Judicial Commissioners and 23 Judicial and Legal Officers. The Right Honourable Dato’ Seri Utama Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat, Chief Justice of Federal Court, Malaysia; The Right Honourable Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Ahmad bin Haji Maarop, President of the Court of Appeal, Malaysia; and The Right Honourable Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azahar bin Mohamed, Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya cum the Chairman of the Training Committee, Judicial Academy were also present.