Robert Fenwick Elliott "Single-most influential figure" in UK adjudication

In the introduction to a recent paper in Construction Law Journal, the editors' introduction included this:

When the editors decided... that it would be interesting to explore the different features of adjudication as adopted in other parts of the world and to investigate how adjudication has fared in those jurisdictions, Robert Fenwick Elliott was the obvious choice for who to approach.

It is no exaggeration to say that Robert was one of the single most influential figures in shaping the way in which statutory adjudication was introduced into the UK. Indeed, as the chairman of the relevant sub-committee of the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association (“TeCSA”) it was Robert who was the prime mover in the preparation of the TeCSA Adjudication Rules the First Edition of which was published in advance of the first version of the Scheme for Construction Contracts and which remain in force largely unchanged...