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Mark is a Partner and a Solicitor Advocate, based in our Glasgow office. He is an experienced civil and commercial litigator acting in a number of sectors including, casualty, large loss and fatal claims;   professional  liability,   Property   Damage, professional discipline, health & safety, discrimination claims and has an active Advocacy practice via his appointment as a Standing Junior Counsel to the Office of the Advocate General in Scotland. 

Mark deals with complex claims arising in a variety of areas of insurance litigation including catastrophic injury / fatal claims. He has significant experience of pain disorder and fraudulent claims.

He has significant experience in defending clinical negligence and professional indemnity claims, together with acting for public bodies in claims for damages arising from discrimination, together with commercial insurance disputes. He is experienced in alternative dispute resolution, particularly in the mediation of disputes. 

In his practice as a Solicitor Advocate, he has appeared extensively in the Sheriff Court, the Sheriff Appeal Court, together with the Court of Session in Ordinary, Chapter 36, 42A and Commercial Actions. He has successfully represented commercial insurance clients in appeals before the Sheriff Appeal Court. He is instructed externally via his appointment as a Standing Junior to the Office of the Advocate General in Scotland where he deals with a range of public sector litigation. 
He is also a sitting solicitor member of the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal.

  • He is a solid, stable pair of hands.

    Personal Injury: Mainly Defendant respondent UK
  • Davie v Powerteam Electrical Services Ltd & Another, 2023 CSOH 94– principal solicitor (having appeared as Junior Counsel prior to the Debate) supporting Senior Counsel in an occupiers’ liability case which was dismissed after discussion on the procedure roll. The case involved a fall from height where the pursuer was rendered tetraplegic. (Catastrophic injury / casualty)
  • Maguire v Black Isle Fire Systems Limited, 2023 CSOH 51 – Note of objections to the Auditor’s report dealing with the recoverability of various fees. Point of principle over the recoverability of immediate needs and care report fees. (Advocacy)
  • Sengers v Moray College, 2023 ELG-PD6/21, unreported – public liability damages claim against a higher education institution for alleged negligence in the organisation and planning of a sports day. (Advocacy / sports / casualty)
  • Oliphant v West Lothian College, 2023, LIV-A236/18, unreported – action for damages arising from alleged discrimination on the grounds of disability against a public body in both the treatment of a student and their grading. (Advocacy / Discrimination law)
  • Verger v Gordonstoun, 2022, FTS/HEC/AC/22/0023, Health & Education Chamber, First Tier Tribunal, Additional Support Needs – claim for discriminaton, declarator, reinstatement. Preliminary decision on Time bar and non-age. (Advocacy / public sector / discrimination)
  • McQueen v Kibble Education & Care Centre, 2021 SAC, 2022, unreported — appeal against a decision at first instance allowing orders under s.1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972 for the recovery of sensitive care plans, together with records of prior violent behaviour concerning a vulnerable service in a children’s home. (Advocacy / casualty)
  • Hannaway v Discount Trade Windows, [2020] SAC (Civ) 8 – reported - defence of an appeal for recovery of a policy of insurance under s.1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972 and on the correct statutory interpretation of sections of the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010. (Advocacy / commercial insurance) 
  • Wagner v Grant & Arla Foods UK Plc, [2015] CSOH 51 – instructing solicitor in a catastrophic injury case arising from an HGV and motorcycle collision, notable for the reasoning on contributory negligence and how the Court dealt with the claim for prosthetics. (Catastrophic injury / motor)
  • Thomson v Allardyce Healthcare Ltd, PER-A16/21, Perth Sheriff Court, product liability claim arising out of the sale of a defective power wheelchair. The case concerned issues over breach of contract, the Consumer Rights Act 2015, together with a claim for indirect discrimination on the grounds of disability in the policies, procedures, and practices of the defender. I conducted the mediation which resolved the claim. (Mediation)