Six Pump Court

Mark has a prominent reputation in his almost exclusively regulatory practice. Mark undertakes matters such as pollution control, waste management and the disposal of dangerous substances. Coupled with his health and safety practice, Mark also has substantial background and experience in inquest law. Mark has acted in high-profile environmental and regulatory criminal proceedings including the recent Buncefield case (R v Total (UK) Ltd & ors) brought by the Environment Agency and the HSE against the oil companies involved. Mark is one of very few, if not the only member of the Bar to have completed the Basic Offshore Safety Qualification permitting visits to offshore structures for the purposes of site visits. Mark offers a comparatively rare practice combining, in almost equal parts, regulatory work in both environmental law and health and safety for which there is a significant degree of cross-fertilisation of principles and expertise.

Called 1980; Gray’s Inn. Standing counsel to the Health and Safety Executive since 2004.

CBA.

St. Edward’s School Oxford; Oriel College, Oxford: PPE.