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Mark Harper KC KC
Position
Mark is a member of the Business and Property team in Chambers.
Career
Silk appointment in 2016, Call 1993; Pupillage at Kings Chambers.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
Education
Downing College, Cambridge – Law MA Hons (1989 – 1992)
Hardwicke Scholar (Lincoln’s Inn)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Mark Harper KC – Kings Chambers ‘Mark is a lateral thinker, who provides astute and intelligible advice.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Mark Harper KC – Kings Chambers ‘Mark is a fantastic advocate who very quickly builds a rapport with the judge, arbitrator, and his counter party. His arguments are presented very persuasively and clearly, he is concise and makes even the most complex of points sound straightforward, and he manages to make his job look easy and takes everything in his stride.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Commercial litigation
Kings Chambers ‘is a go-to choice for commercial litigation matters’. Its member have national client bases, including major institutions, private sector businesses, and high-net-worth individuals. Andrew Grantham KC has a wide-ranging practice, and he handles claims involving business and share sales, the sale and carriage of goods, commercial fraud, and restrictive covenants and confidential information. In Northamber Plc v Interactive Education Solutions Ltd, Mark Harper KC is representing a business in resisting a claim that it breached an exclusive supply agreement, causing alleged losses of £2m. The set is also home to Aidan Reay, who frequently appears in the High Court and County Court, Kelly Pennifer, who is strong on civil fraud and contractual disputes, and Neil Berragan, who is regularly before the specialist business and property courts. Martin Budworth acted for the claimant in Oakwell v BFC Investment Company, which concerns a claim for several million due to unpaid consideration from the sale of Barnsley FC to Chinese-American investors. Ben Harding is another active member of the set with a growing volume of trial and injunctive work.