Jeffrey Thomson
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About
Overview
Jeffrey is a Lecturer in Law. His research focuses on early modern English maritime and commercial law, and on modern English maritime, insurance, and commercial and contract law.
Jeffrey teaches admiralty law, marine insurance law and contract law at The City Law School.
Jeffrey undertakes advisory work as a barrister (England and Wales), specialising in marine and energy insurance and reinsurance, shipping and international trade, and commercial disputes more generally.
Qualifications
- Associate Fellow, Advance HE, UK, 2018
- Maîtrise en droit privé, Université de Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France, September 1999 - May 2003
- LLB, King's College London, United Kingdom, September 1999 - May 2003
- BCom, McGill University, Canada, September 1996 - April 1999
Employment
- Barrister (self-employed), Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke), June 2020 - present
- Supervisor in Tort Law, Fitzwilliam and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge, United Kingdom, October 2015 - May 2017
- Senior associate (barrister), Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, United Kingdom, November 2011 - September 2014
- Senior associate (barrister), Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP, United Kingdom, April - October 2011
- Visiting tutor, King's College London, United Kingdom, October 2007 - May 2008
- Barrister (self-employed), Hardwicke, United Kingdom, August 2006 - April 2011
- Visiting lecturer, King's College London, United Kingdom, October 2003 - May 2004
Memberships of professional organisations
- Member, British Insurance Law Association, November 2019 - present
- Supporting member, London Maritime Arbitrators Association
- Member, Chartered Insurance Institute
Languages
French (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)
Publications
Publications by category
Books (5)
- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, and Gatehouse Chambers, (2025). Insurance Broking Practice and the Law. London: Lloyd's List Intelligence. ISBN 9781843115861.
- Reed, P. (2022). Construction Professional Indemnity Insurance. London: Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9780414087071.
- REED, P. (2021). CONSTRUCTION ALL RISKS INSURANCE. London: Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9780414074965.
- Reed, P. (2018). Construction Professional Indemnity Insurance. London: Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9780414057562.
- Reed, P. (2016). Construction All Risks Insurance. London: Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9780414056534.
Chapters (3)
- Televantos, A. and Thomson, J. (2026). The Sale and Mortgage of Registered Ships. In Rostill, L. and Atmas Al-Sibaie, J. (Eds.), Personal Property Law in the 21st Century London: Hart. ISBN 9781509992713.
- Thomson, J. (2020). A history of English marine insurance law: merchants, their practices, the courts and the law. Research Handbook on International Commercial Contracts Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781788971058.
- Thomson, J. and Clark, J. (2010). Exclusions of liability. In Thomas, R. (Ed.), The carriage of goods by sea under the Rotterdam Rules (pp. 141-162). London: Lloyd's List Law. ISBN 9781843118930.
Conference papers and proceedings (6)
- Televantos, A., Thomson, J., Atmaz Al-Sibaie, J. and Rostill, L. (2025). The Sale and Mortage of Registered Ships. Personal Property in the 21st Century 25-26 September, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.
- Thomson, J. (2019). Early-modern readings on usury. Oxford Legal History Forum 12 November, New College, University of Oxford.
- Thomson, J. (2019). Que serra userie punye per lestatute? An examination of Readers' cases on usury. Centre for English Legal History Seminar 19 February, University of Cambridge.
- Thomson, J. (2017). Some Early-Modern Readings on Usury. London Legal History Seminar 15 December, IALS / University of London.
- Thomson, J. (2017). Merchant practices and understandings relating to marine insurance and the common law before Lord Mansfield. British Legal History Conference 2017 5-8 July, London.
- Thomson, J. (2016). Observing a dying tradition: John Vincent's Reading at Gray's Inn, 1668/9, on the Merchants' Assurances Act 1601. American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting 2016 27-30 October, Toronto.
Internet publications (3)
- Thomson, J.(2025).Practice Note: Marine war risks. LexisNexis / LexisPSL.
- Thomson, J.(2025).Practice Note: Protection and indemnity insurance. LexisNexis / LexisPSL.
- Thomson, J.(2021).Private ordering in the history of English marine insurance. City, University of London.
Journal articles (10)
- Thomson, J. (2022). Phillip Hellwege (ed), A Comparative History of Insurance Law in Europe: A Research Agenda. Edinburgh Law Review, 26(2), pp. 283-284. doi:10.3366/elr.2022.0773
- Thomson, J. (2021). 영국 해상보험법의 역사: 상인과 그 실무, 법원과 법 — A history of English marine insurance law: merchants, their practices, the courts and the law. Korean Journal of International Litigation and Arbitration (국제소송법무), 22(1), pp. 49-84
- Thomson, J. (2019). Constructive total loss—The diminishing importance of the prudent uninsured owner. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, 2019(4), pp. 489-495
- Thomson, J. (2019). Defining exceptions for inherent vice. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, [2019](2)
- Thomson, J. (2018). No limit to the scope of doctors' liability for failures to warn? Journal of Professional Negligence, 34(2), pp. 96-100
- Thomson, J. (2017). SAAMCO REVISITED. The Cambridge Law Journal, 76(3), pp. 476-480. doi:10.1017/s000819731700071x
- Thomson, (2017). John Vincent's Reading at Gray's Inn, 1668/9, on the Merchants' Assurances Act 1601. Journal of Legal History, 38(3), pp. 308-333. doi:10.1080/01440365.2017.1388001
- Thomson, J. (2010). Insurance [comment on Goldsmith Williams v Travelers]. Journal of Business Law, (4), pp. 363-370
- Thomson, J. (2010). Review of Professional Indemnity Insurance, by Mark Cannon QC and Brendan McGurk. Journal of Business Law, (8), pp. 751-753
- Thomson, J. (2009). Material changes in risk, or the importance of functioning sprinklers: Ansari v New India Assurance Ltd. Journal of Business Law, (5), pp. 508-514
Media
- Thomson, J., Reed QC, P. and Lee, K.(2021). Construction All Risks Webinar: WELCAR Update.
Professional activities
Online articles (5)
- Clarity on broker changes. (2013). Insurance Day
- The due diligence proviso — is simple negligence enough? (2012). Insurance Day Co-authored with C Zavos
- Reliance on AIS blinds ferry master to safety risk. (2011). Lloyd's List
- Yeganeh ruling adds fuel to fraudulent claims fire. (2010). Insurance Day Co-authored with D Pliener
- Golden Victory has long-term consequences. (2007). Lloyd's List Co-authored with J Passmore