Peter MacDonald Eggers KC Barrister 7 King’s Bench Walk
Peter MacDonald Eggers KC is a barrister at 7 King’s Bench Walk, London specialising in all aspects of commercial law, especially insurance and re- insurance. Peter acts as an arbitrator and has been a Deputy Judge of the High Court since 2017. Peter has appeared in leading insurance/reinsur- ance cases. Peter teaches at UCL and is a contributing editor of Chitty on Contracts , co-author of Good Faith and Insurance Contracts and Carver
on Charterparties , and the author of Deceit: The Lie of the Law and The Vitiation of Contractual Consent . Peter is a member of the British Insurance Law Association Committee and is the Immediate Past Chair of BILA.
Rhidian Thomas Professor Emeritus of Maritime Law Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University Professor Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Maritime Law and Founder Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University, Wales, UK. He previously held academic positions at universities in the UK, and visiting positions at universities in Europe,
Scandinavia, Far East and North America. He held the Francqui Chair at the University of Leuven in 2010/2011 and the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Gothenburg.
Professor Thomas is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Maritime Law, and a member of the editorial boards of Shipping & Trade Law and International Comparative Maritime Law. Also a member of the Comite Maritime International and the International Standing Committee on Marine Insurance, the British Maritime Law Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and Honorary Member of the Croatian Maritime Law Association. His principal teaching and research interests are in the fields of maritime and shipping law, marine insurance law, international trade law and commercial dispute resolution. He has written, edited and contributed to many books and published widely in academic and professional journals.
He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars, and also acts as an expert witness and consultant.
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