Weightmans LLP

Casualty

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.