Barrister with extensive experience in insurance-backed litigation including personal injury, insurance contract disputes and claims for fire and subsidence damage to property and business (including subrogated claims). He has developed a specialism in asbestos-related and other disease claims. His personal injury work is spread evenly between claimants and defendants. He also undertakes construction work, general commercial work and professional negligence matters. He is recognised as an expert in the field of costs and has appeared In some of the leading cases on champerty and solicitors’ retainers as well as providing advice on many aspects of the Jackson reforms. He frequently appears in applications for wasted and non-party costs. He Is commonly asked to advise in cases that raise complicated legal and technical issues and has a reputation for providing incisive and practical advice. Cases include: AB v Ministry of Defence [2012] UKSC9, [2013] 1 AC 78; Tibbles v SIG [2012] EWCA Civ 518, [2012]1WLR 2591; Patterson v MoD [2012] EWHC 2767, [2012]162 NLJ 1349; Lake v Hunt Kidd [2011] EWHC 766, [2011] 6 Costs LR 948; Lavelle v Noble [2011] EWCA Civ 551; Drake v Harbour [2008] NPC 11, CA.
Oxford University (MA).
London Bar
Mark James –Temple Garden Chambers ‘Mark is a very good advocate, coupled with his knowledge of the law, he stands out from other barristers. Mark has the ability as an advocate and in his paperwork, to be able to identify and argue with precision the legal points and achieve success even in the most difficult of cases.’