"This edition is the first place to turn for the most comprehensive analysis of the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996"
Authors: Robert Merkin & Louis Flannery
Publisher: Informa Law from Routledge
ISBN: 9781616310233
Price: £230
The “Fifth Edition” appearing on the face of this book is something of a misnomer. This latest edition of Merkin and Flannery has changed radically in both style and sophistication—it heralds the start of a new arbitration law opus. In common with its predecessors, this edition is the first place to turn for the most comprehensive analysis of the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996, relevant case law and the interplay of the various relevant sources on the Act (for example the DAC Reports, the CPR and the UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law). However, this fifth edition goes beyond the previous erudite offerings and includes a successful attempt to clarify the underlying legal bases, principles and practice in arbitration law as it pertains to England and Wales. While there are other books on the market that address arbitration in England and Wales in this way, it is difficult
