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Peter MacDonald Eggers KC
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Peter MacDonald Eggers KC is a “very user-friendly and commercial barrister” who specialises in all aspects of commercial law, with a particular focus on insurance and reinsurance , shipping and transport, energy, commodities and international trade, financial services, professional negligence, and international investment projects. Peter appears before the Commercial Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and in commercial and international arbitrations. Peter has also appeared before Courts in other jurisdictions. Peter accepts appointments to act as an arbitrator. Peter sat as a Deputy High Court Judge from 2017 to 2023 and is the immediate Past Chair of BILA. He teaches at UCL, KCL and QMUL and is the author, co-author or editor of Good Faith and Insurance Contracts, Deceit: The Lie of the Law, The Vitiation of Contractual Consent, Carver on Charterparties and Chitty on Contracts.
Career
Called 1999, Middle Temple; appointed QC 2011; solicitor, 1988-99; visiting professor UCL. Publications of note: contributing editor ‘Chitty on Contracts’, co-author ‘Good Faith and Insurance Contracts’ (4th edition, forthcoming); author, Deceit: The Lie of the Law (2009); author, The Vitiation of Contractual Consent (2016).
Education
Sydney Grammar School; University of Sydney (1986 LLB); Cambridge (1988 LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Shipping
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Commodities
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Peter MacDonald Eggers KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Peter is a supberb advocate, authoritative and with real gravitas, and he has a first-class brain.’
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1The ‘go to set on insurance and reinsurance matters‘, 7 King’s Bench Walk is a premier set both in litigation and arbitration, with members having experience in disputes concerning areas including avoidance of cover, points of instruction and a range of coverage issues. Members, including Peter MacDonald Eggers KC were instructed on Axis Capital v ABSA, in which he acted for insurers in relation to a claim for indemnity in connection with claims relating to improper investments in South Africa, which raised issues relating to policy exclusions and the policy attachment provisions. David Edwards KC handles a range of insurance disputes, with a focus on international arbitration, having been involved in arbitrations in London, Bermuda and the United States. Crossing over with the set’s notable expertise in shipping, Julia Gibbon is noted for her work in insurance matters related to marine cargo, innocent owners and business interruption insurance.