One Essex Court

Edwin Peel was called to the Bar and joined One Essex Court in 2014. He is a Visiting Professor in the Oxford University Law Faculty, after over 30 years there as a full time Professor.  He has a particular expertise in contract law and private international law.

He now acts principally as an arbitrator, but is still instructed on appeals, or in major trials. Prior to becoming a full-time arbitrator, he regularly advised on or appeared in some of the leading cases in litigation, including Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi and Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd.

He is also regularly instructed as an expert witness on English law, having previously appeared in proceedings in the United States, Canada, Spain and Portugal.

With experience of LCIA, ICC and LMAA arbitrations, his practice covers disputes in many of the principal industry sectors including banking and finance, construction and engineering, energy and resources, professional services, and shipping and commodities.

He has written or edited numerous books, including Treitel on the Law of Contract (five editions) and Frustration and Force Majeure (4th edition).

Called 2014, Lincoln’s Inn. Professor of Law, University of Oxford 1994-2025; Consultant, Clifford Chance LLP 1998-2013. Publications include: ‘Treitel: The Law of Contract’, Frustration & Force Majeure’).

LCIA.

Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Oxford University (Exeter College and St John’s College), (1986 BA, 1993 BCL, 1994 MA).

Sport of most varieties, gardening, theatre & ballet.