Professor Meggitt, Gary
Professor Meggitt, Gary
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| University of Oxford | MA | |
| ACII | ||
| Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | MCIArb | |
| Solicitor Advocate (England & Wales) | ||
| Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn | Barrister at Law | |
| CEDR Chambers | Accredited Mediator |
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.
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-01 | Li Ka Shing Prize for Best MPhil in the Humanities: Graduate School, University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fellow | Royal Society of Arts |
| 2011- | Member | Hong Kong Insurance Law Association |
| 08/07 - | Member | CIArb (UK and East Asia branches) |
| 2022 | Member | International Bar Association |
| 08/07 - | Member | CII/Insurance Institute of Hong Kong |
| 10/07 - | Member | Hong Kong Society of Construction Law |
| Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
|---|---|
| Professional liabilities | |
| Professional legal education | |
| Insurance law | |
| Financial, banking and insurance law | |
| Civil litigation and advocacy | |
| Civil and criminal litigation and advocacy | |
| Arbitration and dispute resolution |
| Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英語 |
| Written Language(s) (EN) | Written Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英文 |
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