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Professor Meggitt, Gary

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Professor Meggitt, Gary

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Associate Professor

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Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
University of OxfordMA
ACII
Chartered Institute of ArbitratorsMCIArb
Solicitor Advocate (England & Wales)
Honourable Society of Lincolns InnBarrister at Law
CEDR ChambersAccredited Mediator
Biography

Gary was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1993 and spent 12 years as a solicitor and then a consultant, specializing in insurance litigation, with several leading UK law firms. He was also Called to the Bar in England & Wales.

He first taught on the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at BPP Law School in 2000. Gary was subsequently a Director of BPP Professional Development, with responsibility for its Professional Skills Course (PSC) in 2004-05, and was the Course Director of BPP Law School’s Full-Time Bar Vocational Course (BVC) in 2005-07.

Gary joined the Faculty in 2007 and teaches civil litigation, commercial dispute resolution and professional practice & management, for which he is a course co-ordinator, on the PCLL programme. He also teaches insurance law on the Faculty’s LLM and JD programmes.

Gary has written extensively on civil litigation and insurance-related subjects. He is a contributing author to A Guide to Civil Procedure in Hong Kong (Fifth Edition, LexisNexis, 2015) and was the general editor of Civil Justice Reform – What has it achieved? (Sweet & Maxwell, 2010).

He is a member of the editorial board of the Hong Kong Law Journal and served as Deputy Head of the PLE Department from 2009 to 2012.

Gary is a member of the Hong Kong Law Society’s Insurance Law Committee and Working Party on Litigation Funding. He is also a member of the Examining Panel under the Higher Rights of Audience Rules. He was a director of the Hong Kong Insurance Law Association in 2011.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2019-03-01Li Ka Shing Prize for Best MPhil in the Humanities: Graduate School, University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
10/07 -MemberHong Kong Society of Construction Law
08/07 -MemberCII/Insurance Institute of Hong Kong
2022MemberInternational Bar Association
08/07 -MemberCIArb (UK and East Asia branches)
2011-MemberHong Kong Insurance Law Association
2019FellowRoyal Society of Arts
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Professional Liabilities
Professional Legal Education
Professional Ethics
Financial, Banking and Insurance Law
Civil Litigation and Advocacy
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English英語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English英文
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