Nigel Eaton
Born: 1968
Call: 1991 (Gray's Inn)
Contact
Essex Court Chambers
24 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3EG
Tel: 020 7813 8000 Fax: 020 7813 8080
neaton@essexcourt.net
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AboutA member of Essex Court Chambers since 1992, Nigel Eaton specialises in international and domestic commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on insurance & reinsurance and shipping.
His insurance & reinsurance practice covers both marine and non-marine business in a range of areas, including property, P&I, liability, professional indemnity, and political risk. His reinsurance experience includes both proportional and non-proportional business.
In shipping, he has substantial experience of disputes under bills of lading, contracts of affreightment, voyage charters, and time charters. He has also advised and acted in litigation in the related areas of ship sale & purchase and shipbuilding.
In addition to these core practice areas, he is experienced in international trade & transport, oil & gas, and professional negligence disputes. He also regularly deals with conflicts of law issues.
His practice encompasses advocacy, drafting and advisory work. He has appeared in the Queen's Bench Division (and particularly in the Commercial Court), Chancery Division, Court of Appeal, Privy Council and House of Lords, and before both ad hoc and institutional (including ICC, LCIA and LMAA) arbitral tribunals.
Career
Essex Court Chambers, 1992 to date
Lecturer in Law, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1991-92
Education
- BA in Jurisprudence (First Class Honours), Magdalen College, University of Oxford
- Bachelor of Civil Law (First Class Honours), Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Areas of practice
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