The Singapore Professional Golfers' Association v Chen Eng Waye

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date20 February 2013
Date20 February 2013
Docket NumberCivil Appeal No 72 of 2012
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
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19 cases
  • Golden Season Pte Ltd v Kairos Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • February 9, 2015
    ...trade mark has acquired a reputation. As accepted in The Singapore Professional Golfers' Association v Chen Eng Waye and others [2013] 2 SLR 495 (“SPGA”): Goodwill has been described as "the attractive force which brings in custom": The Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Muller & Co's Margar......
  • Hai Tong Company (Pte) Ltd v Ventree Singapore Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • March 15, 2013
    ...Hong Edible Oil Pte Ltd [2000] 2 SLR (R) 604; [2000] 4 SLR 360 (refd) Singapore Professional Golfers' Association, The v Chen Eng Waye [2013] 2 SLR 495 (refd) Specsavers International Healthcare Ltd v Asda Stores Ltd [2012] FSR 19 (refd) Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd v Unico Trading Pte......
  • Singsung Pte Ltd LG 26 Electronics Pte Ltd (trading as L S Electrical Trading)
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • May 23, 2016
    ...the state of the trader’s relationship with his customers (The Singapore Professional Golfers’ Association v Chen Eng Waye and others [2013] 2 SLR 495 (“SPGA”) at [22]). It is, undoubtedly, an amorphous idea that does not sit well with strict definitions. The oft-quoted exposition of goodwi......
  • Allergan, Inc. and another Ferlandz Nutra Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • July 20, 2016
    ...Sarika Connoisseur Café Pte Ltd v Ferrero SpA [2013] 1 SLR 531 (folld) Singapore Professional Golfers’ Association, The v Chen Eng Waye [2013] 2 SLR 495 (refd) Singsung Pte Ltd v LG 26 Electronics Pte Ltd [2016] 4 SLR 86 (refd) Staywell Hospitality Group Pty Ltd v Starwood Hotels & Resorts ......
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  • Tort Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2013, December 2013
    • December 1, 2013
    ...discharged the burden of proof on causation. Personal liability 24.103 In The Singapore Professional Golfers' Association v Chen Eng Waye[2013] 2 SLR 495, the appellant, a non-profit golfing association registered under the Societies Act (Cap 262, 1970 Rev Ed) with the initials ‘SPGA’ and t......
  • Intellectual Property Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2013, December 2013
    • December 1, 2013
    ...19.3 Lifestyle 1.99 is now joined by the Court of Appeal's decision in The Singapore Professional Golfers' Association v Chen Eng Waye[2013] 2 SLR 495 (‘Singapore Professional Golfers' Association’). The claimant in this case was a non-profit society set up to promote the sport of golf and ......
  • Agency and Partnership Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2013, December 2013
    • December 1, 2013
    ...partnerships Liability of partnership and partners to third parties 3.21 The Singapore Professional Golfers' Association v Chen Eng Waye[2013] 2 SLR 495 (‘SPGA v Chen’) is the first case in which the higher courts have considered the law of limited liability partnerships (‘LLPs’). These wer......

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