Career and Experience

LLB (Hons), University of London, 1980

LLM, University of London, 1982

Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln's Inn) of England and Wales
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Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

Barrister, Solicitor, and Proctor, Supreme Court of Western Australia

Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
Patrick is a professional lawyer with the ability to communicate and connect with clients at all levels. He is an experienced negotiator in achieving the best outcomes for clients. He has over three decades of experience in civil law, criminal law and commercial law.​
Patrick was admitted to practice in Singapore in 1983, in Western Australia in 1990, and in Victoria in 1999. He is an accomplished trial lawyer with experience in criminal law and a good track record in court adjudication and arbitration. Patrick has a wide range of disputes experience, including corporate, commercial, intellectual property, insurance, building and construction disputes. Patrick is skilled in handling high value work such as joint ventures, purchases of companies and businesses, insolvency work, distributorships, energy projects, trusts, wills, probate & administration, criminal law and conveyancing.
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Patrick has acted for the man on the street and large corporate clients over the years. He has been involved in a wide range of cases before the State Courts, High Court, and Court of Appeal. Some of these cases are reported in the Singapore Law Reports.

Selected reported cases

  • Nike International Ltd v Campomar SL [2006] 1 SLR(R) 919 (trade mark dispute)
  • Nike International Ltd and another v Campomar SL [2005] 4 SLR(R) 76 (trade mark dispute)
  • Nation Fittings (M) Sdn Bhd v Oystertec Plc and Another Suit [2006] 1 SLR 712; [2005] SGHC 225 (trade mark dispute)
  • Johnson & Johnson v Uni-Charm Kabushiki Kaisha (Uni-Charm Corp) [2007] 1 SLR 1082; [2006] SGHC 241 (trade mark dispute)
  • Sebel Furniture Ltd v Tiong Hin Engineering Pte Ltd [1999] 2 SLR 662; [1998] SGHC 350 (passing off, registered design and copyright disputes)
  • Hunter Manufacturing Pte Ltd and Another v Soundtex Switchgear & Engineering Pte Ltd and Another Appeal No 1 [2000] 1 SLR 401; [1999] SGCA 88 (registered design dispute)
  • Hunter Manufacturing Pte Ltd and Another v Soundtex Switchgear & Engineering Pte Ltd (No 2) [2000] SGCA 3 (costs issue)
  • Hunter Manufacturing Pte Ltd v Soundtex Switchgear & Engineering Pte Ltd [1999] SGHC 108 (registered design dispute)
  • Pernod Ricard SA v Allswell Trading Pte Ltd [1993] 3 SLR(R) 518 (passing off dispute)
  • Koh Ah Kin v Yat Yuen Hong Co Limited [2020] SGHC 252