Mark's practice focuses on defending professional liability claims on behalf of insurers and their insureds, working for a range of professionals including lawyers, accountants, engineers, valuers, surveyors, insurance brokers and other financial professionals.
His solicitors' practice has encompassed work for the Insurers to the Master Policy, the Solicitors Indemnity Fund Limited, and open market insurers, including leading cases on PPI mis-selling and mortgage fraud.
Mark defends claims across a range of professions for both Lloyd's and London Market insurers, and advises insurers and policyholders on coverage issues on professional indemnity, financial institutions and D&O policies.
He has experience of defending professionals in regulatory and disciplinary proceedings, is experienced in appellate work and in representing clients at mediation and other forms of ADR, and works with insurers and brokers in drafting policy wordings to fit the needs of professional firms and financial institutions.
Notable matters
- 01A claim against a law firm in connection with a £500m fraud perpetrated in the Middle East
- 02Acting for insurers on the interpretation of the Successor Practice provisions of the Solicitors' Minimum Terms and Conditions following the sale of a practice
- 03A multi-million-pound claim against auditors and accountants whose conduct is alleged to have permitted substantial thefts
- 04Acting for insurers on coverage issues arising from cladding exclusions following the Grenfell Tower fire
- 05Defending accountants against claims arising from an HMRC investigation into the allegedly wrongful treatment of provisions
- 06Defending engineers against claims arising from the failure of a digestate lagoon facility at a bio-gas power plant
- 07A multi-party claim against construction engineers over the design and installation of multi-media signs at a leading retail park
- 08Acting for a national network of IFAs and its insurers on a broad range of complaints and claims to the Ombudsman
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