Jonathan Gilman Q.C.
Jonathan Gilman has been continuously involved with Arnould during a period of immense changes in the field of marine insurance, for nearly 40 years, starting as Junior Editor of the 16th edition and Senior Editor of subsequent editions and supplements.
His practice is in line with Chambers profile, with particular emphasis on insurance, reinsurance and shipping cases. He appears as Counsel in very many London arbitrations and regularly acts as umpire or arbitrator. He has been retained as an expert witness on English law in foreign proceedings on many occasions (mostly insurance or reinsurance cases) and has advised on numerous problems arising out of P&I club rules. He advises frequently on regulatory aspects of insurance and on IPT matters. He has also drafted numerous insurance policies and commercial contracts.
Professor Rob Merkin
Rob’s academic interests are in all areas of insurance and reinsurance law, and arbitration law, and his works include Colinvaux and Merkin’s Insurance Contract Law, Reinsurance Law, Motor Insurance Law, Compendium of Insurance Law, Arnould’s Law of Marine Insurance, Law of Insurance in Hong Kong,Arbitration Law, Annotated Arbitration Act 1996 and Singapore Arbitration Law.
Rob is the Editor of the Journal of Business Law, the British Insurance Law Journal, the Lloyd’s Law Reports, Arbitration Law Monthly and Insurance Law Monthly.
Rob is Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Auckland, visiting Professor at the Universities of Hong Kong and Queensland, and consultant to international law firm Norton Rose. He is past president of the British Insurance Law Association, vice-president of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA) and a consultant to the English and Scottish Law Commissions for their project on the reform of insurance law. In 2009 he was Distinguished Visitor for the Singapore Academy of Law, in 2010 he was awarded a prize by the Australian Insurance Law Association for his contribution to insurance law and in 2012 he was appointed to the Hotung Fellowship by the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, to deliver a series of lectures on earthquake insurance. He gives regular seminars for insurance companies, brokers, insurance regulators and law firms in the UK and internationally.
Claire Blanchard Q.C.
Claire Blanchard QC has a specialist commercial practice and is an experienced advocate, both in Court and in international arbitration, and has appeared at all levels in the English Courts.
She has consistently been ranked by professional directories. She is recommended in Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide (2011) in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Energy & Natural Resources, Insurance and Shipping & Commodities and in the Legal 500 (2011) in Energy, Insurance & Reinsurance and Commodities.
Claire has particular expertise in matters relating to shipping, energy and natural resources, insurance and reinsurance and international trade.
Mark Templeman Q.C.
Mark Templeman appears regularly as an advocate in international arbitration, the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal, and has also appeared in the Privy Council. His areas of practice include insurance and reinsurance (marine and non-marine), shipping, arbitration, banking, commercial fraud, commodities, sale of goods and letter of credit disputes. He is a CEDR accredited mediator. Although practising primarily in London, he has also appeared in court or in international arbitrations in New York, Bermuda, Rotterdam and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
