Hailsham Chambers

Dr Mark Friston is a leading expert on the law of costs and is the general editor of the leading textbook on the topic, Friston on Costs.  His book, published by Oxford University Press is frequently cited in court, both in this jurisdiction and elsewhere.  For further details or to order please see here.

Mark is now in full-time practice where he advises on all aspects of costs and litigation funding. Legal 500 2021 states that Mark ‘‘has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law and the costs judges respect him. He has a gentle manner and style but is not afraid to be persistent.”

Memberships:

Former Vice Chair of the Bar Council’s Remuneration Committee (2012 – 2018)

Member of the Royal College of Physicians (1993)

Registered medical practitioner (non-practising) (1989)

Trustee of the Behçet’s  Syndrome Society

Awards:

Honorary Fellow of the International Institute of Legal Project Management (2018)

Judicial appointments:

Deputy Master, Senior Court Costs Office and Deputy Costs Judge, First-Tier Tribunal (2012)

Qualifications:

Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (Medical Science Tripos) (1986)

The Royal London Hospital Medical College (1989)

Member of the Royal College of Physicians (1993); University of Westminster (CPE) (1996)

Costs lawyer (non-practising) (2008)

Legal Project Practitioner (2018)