Mark qualified in 2009 and joined BWB in 2011. He has wide-ranging dispute resolution experience servicing a number of sectors, coupled with a specialist interest in all forms of media-related disputes.

Mark is a solicitor-advocate with full rights of audience in all the civil courts in England and Wales.

Qualifications and experience
• BA(Hons) History – Warwick University, 2000
• PGDip Newspaper Journalism – City University, 2002
• Reporter for the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, specialising in crime and business, 2002-2003
• Reporter/Assistant Internet Editor for the Jewish Chronicle, reporting on business, crime, politics and human interest, 2003-2005
• Graduate Diploma in Law – BPP, 2006
• Legal Practice Course – College of Law, 2007
• Trainee and Associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, 2007-2011
• Higher Rights of Audience qualification – College of Law, 2011
• Assistant Solicitor, Bates Wells & Braithwaite LLP, Media and Litigation Department, 2011

Areas of expertise
• Media disputes: Having spent nearly five years as a news reporter himself, Mark possesses hands-on experience of negotiating the pitfalls of defamation, privacy, contempt of court and intellectual property laws. As a solicitor Mark has advised publishers - for example a health services company on defamation liability arising from the use of social media for marketing purposes. Mark also acts for claimants, having worked on two groundbreaking, pre-publication privacy injunctions against the national media on behalf of high-profile individuals. One of these matters (JIH v News Group Newspapers) resulted in a leading decision from the Court of Appeal.
• Intellectual property: Matters include advising an online gaming company in respect of a potential passing-off action against a rival gaming firm, and acting for a children's games producer in a dispute relating to trade mark infringement, domain name assignment and IP licensing. Mark has also acted for producers of luxury goods against makers of cheap copies in claims for copyright and design right infringement.
• Commercial litigation: Mark has worked on a wide range of disputes for both individuals and corporate clients, handling matters relating to banking, professional negligence, contractual disputes, breach of competition law, white collar crime and family law.