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Mark prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court. Cases he has undertaken include murder (as junior counsel), serious violence and public order offences, kidnapping, supply of Class A drugs, sexual offences, money laundering and high value theft / deception. He has also defended in Courts Martial proceedings.
Mark also practises in the specialist area of asset forfeiture. He undertakes restraint, receivership and cash forfeiture proceedings in the Crown and Magistrates Courts both for the defence and on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). He has appeared as junior counsel for HMRC in significant cases before the Court of Appeal.
Mark lectures on confiscation and the proceeds of crime. He is a contributor to the Proceeds of Crime Review.
Examples of recent work include:
- R v. West and others (2008, Guildford Crown Court, multi-defendant conspiracy to commit violent disorder)
- R v. Stephen Lay (2008, Winchester Crown Court, junior counsel in a murder involving complex circumstantial evidence in which the defence was that a third party was responsible)
- R v. Harris-Gregg, Ryan and Waters (2007, Reading Crown Court, kidnapping and wounding with intent)
- R v. Thomas Mboya (2007, Oxford Crown Court, junior counsel in murder and arson case)
- Re: K and others (2005) EWCA Crim 619, Times March 15th 2005 (junior counsel for HMRC in lower court and on appeal. Restraint and receivership under POCA)
- R v. Ronald and Sylvia Benn (2004) EWCA Crim 2100 (junior counsel for HMRC. Evidential value of “MSA” evidence revealing minute traces of drugs on cash)
Professional Associations
Criminal Bar Association