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Mark Howard QC
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Position
Barrister specialising in insurance/reinsurance; professional indemnity; banking; oil and gas; commercial fraud; international arbitration; all aspects of commercial litigation, particularly major commercial contracts, takeovers and city disputes. Cases: Elton John v Price Waterhouse (prof neg); BHP v Dalmine (oil and gas); Barings v Coopers & Lybrand (and ors) (professional negligence); Fyffes v Seatrade (fraud); WSTC v Coopers and Lybrand (commercial fraud/constructive trust/professional negligence); State of Qatar v Sheikh Khalifa (former Emir); East European New Buildings Dispute (reinsurance); Henderson v Merrett (professional indemnity); Axa v Field; TGTL v Enron (oil and gas); Sphere Drake v Orion; A Hwell v Perry; Wurtemburgische v Home Insurance; easyJet v BA Airlines (competition); Banco Santander v Paribas (banking); USA v BAT & Foyle; Aberdeen Asset Management v Real Estate Opportunities; Electricity Supply Board v Exxon Mobil; BSkyB v EDS, Sigma (House of Lords); Butters v BBC Worldwide (CA).
Career
Called 1980; Gray’s Inn; took silk 1996.
Education
Queen Mary College, University of London; London School of Economics; University of London (LLB; LLM).
Practice Areas
Banking; Insurance (non-contentious)
