Shipping & Maritime, Transport

As Arbitrator

Patrick act­ed as arbi­tra­tor of a three-mem­ber tri­bunal in an arbi­tra­tion under the SCMA Rules between a UK bank and a Ger­man buy­er of con­tainer­ised food prod­ucts that had been mis­di­rect­ed to the wrong des­ti­na­tion due to a mix-up of coun­tries. The par­ties were dis­put­ing their respec­tive oblig­a­tions, and those of the sell­er, car­ri­er and insur­er involved, under a let­ter of cred­it and a mul­ti­modal bill of lad­ing gov­erned by the Hague-Vis­by Rules.

He has act­ed as arbi­tra­tor in fur­ther dry ship­ping and bill of lad­ing disputes.

He has also served as arbi­tra­tor at the Inter­na­tion­al Mar­itime Arbi­tra­tion Moot (IMAM) of the Nation­al Law Uni­ver­si­ty of Odisha (NLUO).

As Counsel

Patrick has rep­re­sent­ed Asian and Euro­pean par­ties in numer­ous court and arbi­tra­tion pro­ceed­ings under var­i­ous pro­ce­dur­al and sub­stan­tive laws — both com­mon law and civ­il law — and under var­i­ous arbi­tra­tion rules, includ­ing SIAC, SCMA, Swiss Rules, DIS and UNCITRAL, in mat­ters con­cern­ing ship­ping, trans­port and relat­ed trade disputes.

For sev­er­al years, he has advised clients on dry ship­ping and trans­port issues, includ­ing mul­ti­modal bills of lad­ing, the Hague Rules, the Hague-Vis­by Rules, and the Con­ven­tion on the Con­tract for the Inter­na­tion­al Car­riage of Goods by Road (CMR).

He has act­ed as an expert on Sin­ga­pore law on car­riage of goods by sea in Ger­man court proceedings.

Publications & Speaking

2022

In Jan­u­ary 2022, Patrick pre­sent­ed on ‘Elek­tro­n­is­che Kon­nosse­mente – Zur Recht­slage in Deutsch­land und Sin­ga­pur (Elec­tron­ic Bills of Lad­ing – On the Legal Sit­u­a­tion in Ger­many and Sin­ga­pore)’ at the Ger­man Mar­itime Arbi­tra­tion Asso­ci­a­tion; Hamburg.

2021

Das neue Recht elek­tro­ni­scher Transak­tio­nen in Sin­ga­pur: Weg­be­rei­ter für elek­tro­n­is­che Kon­nosse­mente? (The New Elec­tron­ic Trans­ac­tions Law in Sin­ga­pore: Paving the Way for Elec­tron­ic Bills of Lad­ing?); in: Trans­portrecht (TranspR) 2021, p. 313 [Link]

The New Elec­tron­ic Trans­ac­tions Law in Sin­ga­pore: Paving the Way for Elec­tron­ic Bills of Lad­ing? [Link]

2010

In 2010, Patrick pre­sent­ed on ‘Allianz SpA v West Tankers – The Final Cur­tain for Anti-Suit Injunc­tions in Europe’ at the Law Soci­ety of Singapore