Mark Armitage > Crown Office Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Crown Office Chambers
2 CROWN OFFICE ROW, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7HJ
England

Position

Barrister specialising in personal injury and is regularly instructed by both claimants and defendants in all aspects of personal injury litigation including claims arising from workplace accidents, manual handling and industrial disease (including asbestos-related injuries, work-related upper limb disorders and industrial deafness claims). He has often appeared in fast track and multi track trials involving the use of work equipment and the provision of personal protective equipment. He recently represented a community support officer who successfully sued for spinal injury arising out of the use of unsuitable body armour. Also specialises in all employers’ liability and industrial disease; commercial litigation – sale and supply of goods and service and all aspects of contractual disputes; civil procedure – particularly costs work

Career

Called 1999; Middle Temple.

Languages

French and German.

Memberships

Personal Injury Bar Association.

Education

Barnard Castle School; Downing College, Cambridge, MA (Cantab) LLM (Cantab).

Leisure

Golf (Appleby Golf Club, Westmorland, Cumbria).