Peter 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 regularly appears before the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal and in commercial and international arbitrations. Peter also accepts appointments to act as an arbitrator.

Peter has practised as a commercial barrister at 7KBW since 2000. Prior to that, he practised as a commercial litigation solicitor for 10 years at Hill Taylor Dickinson (now Hill Dickinson), where he was a partner for 4 years. Peter has published widely and teaches at UCL.

Peter uses his skills and experience by adopting a “hands on” approach to litigation and arbitration, both as the advocate and also working well within teams.

University of Sydney, LL.B. First in year (1986), winner of John George Dalley Prize and Butterworth Prize Member of Editorial Committee, Sydney Law Review
Magdalene College, Cambridge, LL.M.

Solicitor (England and Wales): 1991-1999
Hill Dickinson: 1988-1989
Hill Taylor Dickinson, London: 1989-1999; Partner 1995-1999
Barrister (England and Wales): since 2000, practising at 7 King’s Bench Walk
Queen’s Counsel: since 2011

Visiting Professor, University College London
Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham
Honorary Fellow, Swansea University

Admitted New South Wales (solicitor) - 1987
Admitted Eastern Caribbean (British Virgin Islands) (barrister) - 2006
Admitted Gibraltar (barrister) - 2007

• Insurance & Reinsurance
• Shipping
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Banking and Finance
• Jurisdiction/Conflicts of Laws
• General Commercial Disputes
• Sale of Goods

Selected cases:

• Amlin Corporate Member Limited v Oriental Assurance Corporation, Commercial Court [2012] EWHC 540 (Comm) (cargo liability reinsurance; typhoon warranty; case management stay)
• Arash Shipping v Groupama Transport [2011] EWCA Civ 620; [2011] 2 Lloyd's Rep 607: This case concerned the impact of Council Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on a provision which purported to extend a fleet marine policy automatically where the assured was an "Iranian person". The case also concerned the interpretation of the Iran Sanctions Clause found in certain policies. 
• Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd [2010] EWHC 280 (Comm); [2010] Lloyd's Rep 509; [2011] EWCA Civ 24; [2011] 1 WLR 2012: This decision - the first case involving a piracy claim under an insurance policy for more than 150 years - clarifies the law of marine insurance, piracy and total losses, and the treatment of ransom payments as a matter of English law and public policy (cargo insurance; Somali piracy; actual total loss; constructive total loss; payment of ransom; public policy) 
• Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v Tunnicliffe [2010] EWCA Civ 1052; [2011] Lloyd's Rep IR 489; [2009] EWHC 2388 (Comm); [2010] Lloyd's Rep IR 60 (energy reinsurance; Hurricane Rita; Jurisdiction Regulation, art. 5 and 6; applicable law) 
• Owners of Kamal XXVI v Owners of Ariela [2010] EWHC 2531 (Comm); [2011] Lloyd's Rep IR 220: Peter MacDonald Eggers acted in this matter concerning the claim for privilege in respect of documents in the case of third party fraud. 
• Dornoch Limited v Westminster International BV (No 1) [2009] EWHC 201 (Admlty); [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR 540 (marine insurance; Brussels I Regulation, art. 6) 
• Dornoch Limited v Westminster International BV (No 2) [2009] EWHC 889 (Admlty); [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR 573 (marine insurance; constructive total loss; abandonment and subrogation; private international law; movable property) 
• Dornoch Limited v Westminster International BV (No 3) [2009] EWHC 1782 (Admlty); [2010] Lloyd's Rep IR 1 (marine insurance; sections 63 and 79 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906; subrogation; title to movable property; section 423-425 of the Insolvency Act 1986) 
• Limit -v- AXA [2008] EWCA Civ 1231; [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR 396 [2007] EWHC 2321 (Comm); [2008] Lloyd's Rep IR 330 (energy reinsurance; non-disclosure and misrepresentation; cession of risks) 
• AIG Europe (Ireland) Ltd v Faraday Capital Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1208; [2008] Lloyd's Rep IR 454; [2006] EWHC 2707; [2007] Lloyd's Rep IR 267 (directors and officers liability risks; reinsurance; claims co-operation clause; claim relating to artificial inflation of share price under US securities legislation) 
• Talbot Underwriting Ltd v Nausch Hogan & Murray [2006] EWCA Civ 889; [2006] Lloyd's Rep IR 531; [2005] EWHC 2359 (Comm); [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 195 (builders’ all risks insurance; shipyard’s entitlement to sue under policy; doctrine of undisclosed principal; non-disclosure; claim against broker in negligence) 
• Faraday Capital Ltd v Copenhagen Reinsurance Company Ltd [2006] EWHC 1474 (Comm); [2007] Lloyd's Rep IR 23 (power station; property all risks; reinsurance; follow settlements clause; “without prejudice” settlements) 
• Goshawk Syndicate Management Ltd v XL Specialty Insurance Co [2004] EWHC 1086 (Comm); [2004] Lloyd's Rep IR 683 (reinsurance; retail shops in World Trade Center; terrorist attack; transit and stock risks; construction; annual aggregate deductible) 
• College Credit Ltd v National Guarantee Corp Ltd [2004] EWHC 978 (Comm); [2005] Lloyd's Rep IR 5 (credit insurance; policy interpretation) 
• British Credit Trust Holdings v UK Insurance Ltd [2003] EWHC 2404 (Comm); [2004] 1 All ER (Comm) 444 (credit insurance; time bar; abandonment; relation back) 
• O’Kane v Jones [2003] EWHC 2158 (Comm); [2004] 1 Lloyd's Rep 389 (marine insurance; double insurance; insurable interest; contribution; non-disclosure; mistake) 
• Assicurazioni Generali SpA v Ege Sigorta AS [2002] Lloyd's Rep IR 480 (reinsurance; bankers blanket bond insurance; jurisdiction and forum conveniens) 
• Shell UK Ltd v CLM Engineering Ltd [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 612 (contractors all risks insurance; construction of production platform, sub-sea drilling centres and pipelines in North Sea; scope of insuring clause)

As a Solicitor

• Eide (UK) Ltd v Lowndes Lambert Group Ltd [1999] QB 199 (marine insurance; brokers’ lien; composite policy) 
  
• Royal Boskalis Westminster NV v Mountain [1997] LRLR 523; [1999] QB 674 (war and political risks insurance; detention of fleet in Iraq during First Gulf War) 
  
• Ventouris v Mountain (The Italia Express) [1991] 1 WLR 607; [1992] 1 WLR 887; [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep 281 (marine war and political risks insurance; vessel explosion)

Other recent cases:

• Acting for insurers in respect of fidelity, professional liability and directors and officers risks insured by banks and multi-national corporations 
• Acting for insurers in respect of liabilities of investment funds 
• Acting for insurers in respect of mass consumer product liability and credit risks 
• Acting for insurers and shipowners in respect of constructive total loss claims 
• Acting for insurers and shipowners in respect of Somali piracy claims 
• Acting for insurers in a variety of financial services mis-selling cases 
• Acting for insurers and reinsurers in respect of terrorists attacks and piracy claims 
• Acting for brokers in numerous film finance insurance cases 
• Acting for joint venture of oil companies in respect of construction of offshore oil rig and platform and related insurance risks 
• Acting for insurers in respect of power station losses 
• Acting for insurers or assureds in respect of actual and constructive total loss claims 
• Acting for insurers and assureds in respect of riot claims 

Selected cases:

• Amlin Corporate Member Limited v Oriental Assurance Corporation, Commercial Court [2012] EWHC 540 (Comm) (cargo liability reinsurance; typhoon warranty; case management stay)
• Osmium Shipping Corporation v Cargill International SA [2012] EWHC 571 (Comm): This case concerned the construction of an off-hire clause and the Conwartime Clause in a charterparty and whether a piratical seizure was an off-hire event
• Golden Ocean Group Limited v Salgaocar Mining Industries PVT [2012] EWCA Civ 265; [2012] Lloyd's Rep Plus 27; [2011] EWHC 56 (Comm); [2011] 1 WLR 2575: Charterparty, Jurisdiction, Statute of Frauds 1671, Guarantee 
• Arash Shipping v Groupama Transport [2011] EWCA Civ 620; [2011] 2 Lloyd's Rep 607: This case concerned the impact of Council Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on a provision which purported to extend a fleet marine policy automatically where the assured was an "Iranian person". The case also concerned the interpretation of the Iran Sanctions Clause found in certain policies. 
• TTMI SARL v Statoil ASA [2011] EWHC 1150 (Comm); [2011] 2 Lloyd's Rep 220: This case concerned an appeal from an arbitration award as to jurisdiction and whether or not a charterparty had been concluded
• Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd [2010] EWHC 280 (Comm); [2010] Lloyd's Rep 509; [2011] EWCA Civ 24; [2011] 1 WLR 2012: This decision - the first case involving a piracy claim under an insurance policy for more than 150 years - clarifies the law of marine insurance, piracy and total losses, and the treatment of ransom payments as a matter of English law and public policy (cargo insurance; Somali piracy; actual total loss; constructive total loss; payment of ransom; public policy) 
• Owners of Kamal XXVI v Owners of Ariela [2010] EWHC 2531 (Comm); [2011] Lloyd's Rep IR 220: Peter MacDonald Eggers acted in this matter concerning the claim for privilege in respect of documents in the case of third party fraud. 
• Buyuk Camlica Shipping Trading and Industry Co Inc v Progress Bulk Carriers Limited [2010] EWHC 442 (Comm); [2010] Lloyd's Rep Plus 102 (applications under sections 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996; charterparty description; unsafe port) 
• Dornoch Limited v Westminster International BV (No 1) [2009] EWHC 201 (Admlty); [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR 540 (marine insurance; Brussels I Regulation, art. 6) 
• Dornoch Limited v Westminster International BV (No 2) [2009] EWHC 889 (Admlty); [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR 573 (marine insurance; constructive total loss; abandonment and subrogation; private international law; movable property) 
• Dornoch Limited v Westminster International BV (No 3) [2009] EWHC 1782 (Admlty); [2010] Lloyd's Rep IR 1 (marine insurance; sections 63 and 79 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906; subrogation; title to movable property; section 423-425 of the Insolvency Act 1986) 
• Talbot Underwriting Ltd v Nausch Hogan & Murray [2006] EWCA Civ 889; [2006] Lloyd's Rep IR 531; [2005] EWHC 2359 (Comm); [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 195 (builders’ all risks insurance; shipyard’s entitlement to sue under policy; doctrine of undisclosed principal; non-disclosure; claim against broker in negligence) 
• The David Agmashenebeli [2002] EWHC 104 (Admty); [2003] 1 Lloyd's Rep 92 (liability of shipowner for clausing of bill of lading) 

As a Solicitor

• Eide (UK) Ltd v Lowndes Lambert Group Ltd [1999] QB 199 (marine insurance; brokers’ lien; composite policy) 
• Royal Boskalis Westminster NV v Mountain [1997] LRLR 523; [1999] QB 674 (war and political risks insurance; detention of fleet in Iraq during First Gulf War) 
• Ventouris v Mountain (The Italia Express) [1991] 1 WLR 607; [1992] 1 WLR 887; [1992] 2 Lloyd's Rep 281 (marine war and political risks insurance; vessel explosion) 

Recent Cases

• Acting for insurers and shipowners in respect of constructive total loss claims 
• Acting for insurers and shipowners in respect of Somali piracy claims 
• Acting for London insurers and reinsurers in respect of terrorists attacks and piracy claims 
• Acting for insurers or assureds in respect of actual and constructive total loss claims 
  
  
  

Selected cases:

• Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v Tunnicliffe [2010] EWCA Civ 1052; [2011] Lloyd's Rep IR 489; [2009] EWHC 2388 (Comm); [2010] Lloyd's Rep IR 60 (energy reinsurance; Hurricane Rita; Jurisdiction Regulation, art. 5 and 6; applicable law) 
• Limit (No. 2) Ltd v AXA Versicherung AG [2008] EWCA Civ 1231; [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR 396 [2007] EWHC 2321 (Comm); [2008] Lloyd's Rep IR 330 (energy reinsurance; non-disclosure and misrepresentation; cession of risks) 
• Faraday Capital Ltd v Copenhagen Reinsurance Company Ltd [2006] EWHC 1474 (Comm); [2006] Lloyd's Rep IR 23 (power station; property all risks; reinsurance; follow settlements clause; “without prejudice” settlements) 
• BCL Trading GmbH v Trafigura Beheer BV [2002] EWCA Civ 251 (sale of goods; gas oil; CIF; payment of price; section 49 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979) 
• Shell UK Ltd v CLM Engineering Ltd [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 612 (contractors all risks insurance; construction of production platform, sub-sea drilling centres and pipelines in North Sea; scope of insuring clause) 

As a Solicitor

• I P Metal Ltd v Ruote OZ SpA [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 60; [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 560 (sale of aluminium; jurisdiction)

Other recent cases

• Disputes relating to ownership of oil concessions 
• Acting for insurers in respect of power station losses
  

Selected cases:

• Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG v Crossseas Shipping Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 1135 (material alteration to a guarantee; rule in Pigot’s Case) 

Recent cases:

• Acting for Lloyd’s underwriters in respect of investment banks disputes arising out of the Enron and WorldCom collapses. 
• Acting for insurers in a variety of financial services mis-selling cases. 
  
  

Selected cases:

• Golden Ocean Group Limited v Salgaocar Mining Industries PVT [2012] EWCA Civ 265; [2012] Lloyd's Rep Plus 27; [2011] EWHC 56 (Comm); [2011] 1 WLR 2575: Charterparty, Jurisdiction, Statute of Frauds 1671, Guarantee 
• Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v Tunnicliffe [2010] EWCA Civ 1052; [2011] Lloyd's Rep IR 489; [2009] EWHC 2388 (Comm); [2010] Lloyd's Rep IR 60 (energy reinsurance; Hurricane Rita; Jurisdiction Regulation, art. 5 and 6; applicable law) 
• Dornoch Limited v Westminster International BV (No 1) [2009] EWHC 201 (Admlty); [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR 540 (Jurisdiction Regulation, art. 6) 
• IPOC International Growth Fund Limited v LVFG Finance Group Limited Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) (British Virgin Islands) 18th June 2007 (telecommunications dispute; enforcement of New York Convention award; natural justice; public policy; justiciability) 
• Assicurazioni Generali SpA v Ege Sigorta AS [2002] Lloyd's Rep IR 480 (reinsurance; bankers blanket bond insurance; jurisdiction and forum conveniens) 

As a Solicitor

• I P Metal Ltd v Ruote OZ SpA [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 60; [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 560 (sale of aluminium; jurisdiction) 
   

Selected cases:

• IPOC International Growth Fund Limited v LVFG Finance Group Limited Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) (British Virgin Islands) 18th June 2007 (telecommunications dispute; enforcement of New York Convention award; natural justice; public policy; justiciability)

Selected cases:

• BCL Trading GmbH v Trafigura Beheer BV [2002] EWCA Civ 251 (sale of goods; gas oil; CIF; payment of price; section 49 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979)

As a Solicitor

• I P Metal Ltd v Ruote OZ SpA [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 60; [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 560 (sale of aluminium; jurisdiction)

• noted for “an intelligent, hands-on manner backed up by extensive knowledge of insurance law.”  Legal 500 2006

• growing commodities workload as part of his international trade and shipping practice.  Legal 500 2007

• Cited for shipping and commodities Legal 500 (2008)

• “excellent” Legal 500 2009

• “a fearsome advocate and a fantastic lawyer.” Legal 500 2010

• “first-rate junior and good team player.” Legal 500 2010

• "very quick, clever and astute.” Chambers UK 2011
• "Very bright, very personable, and looks at cases in a fresh way" Legal 500 2012
• "Known for both his 'Strong academic credentials and pronounced creative streak'" Chambers UK 2012

Contributing Editor, Chitty on Contracts (since 1995)

Co-author, Good Faith and Insurance Contracts (1998; 2nd ed, 2004; 3rd ed. 2010)

Co-editor, Commercial and Maritime Statutes (2000)

Contributor, Marine Insurance: The Law in Transition (2006)

Contributor, Reforming Marine and Commercial Insurance Law (2008)

Author, Deceit: The Lie of the Law (2009)

Numerous articles