Date of Birth: 1964Date of Call: 1999
General Information
LL.B. (Syd.)
First in year (1986), winner of John George Dalley Prize and Butterworth Prize
Member of Editorial Committee, Sydney Law Review (1986)
LL.M. (Cantab.)
Magdalene College
Solicitor (NSW, Australia): Admitted 1987
Solicitor (England and Wales): 1991-1999
Hill Dickinson: 1988-1989
Hill Taylor Dickinson, London: 1989-1999
Partner 1995-1999
Barrister (England and Wales): since 1999, practising at 7 King’s Bench Walk
Appointments
Visiting Lecturer, University College London (since 2003)
Special Lecturer, University of Nottingham (since 2005)
Honorary Lecturer, Swansea University (since 2007)
Admissions outside of England and Wales
Admitted New South Wales (solicitor) - 1987
Admitted Eastern Caribbean (British Virgin Islands) (barrister) - 2006
Admitted Gibraltar (barrister) - 2007
Practice
Peter MacDonald Eggers specialises in commercial law, with a particular emphasis on:
- insurance and rensurance (all commercial insurances, including marine, war, political risks, investment risks, professional indemnity, directors and officers, property, business interruption, bankers blanket bond, employers’ and contractors’ all risks insurances)
- international trade and commodities
- shipping and maritime law
- international transport
- international investment and project disputes
- international contractual disputes
- international commercial arbitrations (including ICC and LCIA arbitrations)
Described by Legal 500 (2006) as being “noted for ‘an intelligent, hands-on manner backed up by extensive knowledge of insurance law’.”
Legal 500 (2007) referred to his “growing commodities workload as part of his international trade and shipping practice”.
Legal 500 (2008): cited for shipping and commodities
Legal 500 (2009): cited for insurance, shipping and commodities; referred to as “excellent”
Publications
Contributing Editor, Chitty on Contracts (since 1995)
Co-author, Good Faith and Insurance Contracts (1998; 2nd ed, 2004)
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
Reported Cases
As a barrister:
Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v Tunnicliffe
[2009] EWHC 2388 (Comm); [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR Plus 32
(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)
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); [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR Plus 25
(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 (No. 2) Ltd v AXA Versicherung AG
[2008] EWCA Civ 1231; [2009] Lloyd's Rep IR Plus 4
[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)
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)
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); [2006] 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)
The David Agmashenebeli
[2002] EWHC 104 (Admty); [2003] 1 Lloyd's Rep 92
(liability of shipowner for clausing of bill of lading)
Assicurazioni Generali SpA v Ege Sigorta AS
[2002] Lloyd's Rep IR 480
(reinsurance; bankers blanket bond insurance; jurisdiction and forum conveniens)
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)
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG v Crossseas Shipping Ltd
[2000] 1 WLR 1135
(material alteration to a guarantee; rule in Pigot’s Case)
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)
I P Metal Ltd v Ruote OZ SpA
[1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 60; [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 560
(sale of aluminium; jurisdiction)
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
• Disputes relating to ownership of oil concessions
• Disputes relating to ownership of telecommunications businesses
• Acting for insurers and shipowners in respect of constructive total loss claims
• Acting for insurers and shipowners in respect of Somalian piracy claims
• Acting for Lloyd’s underwriters in respect of investment banks disputes arising out of the Enron and WorldCom collapses
• Acting for London insurers and reinsurers in respect of terrorists attacks
• 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
Press Releases:
- New edition of book: Good Faith and Insurance Contracts - 01/07/10
- NEW BOOK: Deceit: The Lie of the Law - 25/02/09
