Merkin and Flannery on the Arbitration Act 1996

Robert Merkin QC is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter and Special Counsel, Duncan Cotterill, New Zealand. He specialises in insurance, reinsurance and arbitration and has written over 40 books on those subjects, and his works have been cited on numerous occasions in a number of different jurisdictions. He is co-editor of the Lloyd's Law Reports, author of Arbitration Law and Singapore Arbitration Law and editor of Arbitration Law Monthly and Insurance Law Monthly. Rob is a regular presenter at conferences in the UK and internationally. He is past president of the British Insurance Law Association and honorary life president of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA). He sits as an arbitrator and has given expert evidence on English law in numerous arbitration and judicial proceedings.Louis Flannery QC is the head of international arbitration at Stephenson Harwood LLP in London. He specialises in arbitration and litigation with a particular emphasis on fraud and/or conflict law issues. Louis is a regular speaker on arbitration and civil fraud at conferences all over the world. He has extensive experience of international commercial arbitration of all forms, whether ad hoc or under the major institutional rules (DIAC, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SCC) as well as substantial High Court litigation in England. Louis was named as a leading international arbitration practitioner in Who's Who Legal: Arbitration Lawyers 2018 and is on the Legal 500 2019 Powerlist for International Arbitration. Louis was made Queen's Counsel in 2018, and regularly undertakes advocacy before international tribunals and in the High Court and Court of Appeal.