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Mr Mark Ruffell
Position
Mark Ruffell is a very experienced leading junior. His expertise covers three main areas: regulatory and disciplinary work; fraud and complex crime; and ecclesiastical law.
Mark Ruffell is head of chambers Regulatory & Disciplinary team. Mark’s broad regulatory expertise includes cases of director disqualification, planning enforcement, breaches of environmental legislation, licensing appeals, public inquiries before Traffic Commissioners and cases involving care homes before the Care Standards Tribunal. Mark’s broad disciplinary expertise includes appearing before major regulators of professional discipline and conduct. He is a legal adviser to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CiLEX). He is a Disciplinary Panel member of the Taxation and Disciplinary Board.
He is regularly instructed in heavy weight criminal defence work and is also regularly instructed by the CPS as a grade 4 advocate. He has been instructed as Independent Counsel by the Serious Fraud Office.
Mark is instructed to represent Petitioners and Parties Opponent in Ecclesiastical Law cases. Mark is Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Winchester.
Career
Call 1992
Former member of a Licensing Authority’s Licensing Committee.
Member of Local authority crime and disorder panel from 2002-5.
Advisor to the Shadow Parliamentary Front Bench on Home Affairs from 1999-2001 (Mode of Trial Bill and Private Security Industry Bill).
Member of Local authority internal employment tribunal chairman from 1993-4.
Memberships
- Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
- Association of Road Transport Lawyers
- Criminal Bar Association
- Ecclesiastical Judges Association
- Ecclesiastical Law Society
- Western Circuit
Education
- Diploma in Law, University of Westminster
- Bachelor of Divinity (Hons), King’s College, London
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Mark Ruffell – Pump Court Chambers ‘Mark gets stuck into cases and is always a team player. He offers practical help and has a straightforward approach. He is also able to separate the wheat from the chaff and negotiate effectively with his opponent.’
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Mark Ruffell – Pump Court Chambers ‘Mark is one of the most fastidious lawyers in the criminal courts. His preparation is unfailingly rigorous, insightful and fair. He is calm, friendly and perfectly easy to work with and his advocacy is always considered, forceful and compelling.’
Pump Court Chambers ‘has an excellent reputation for crime work on the Western Circuit‘, with silks through to newly qualified juniors instructed in a wide range of cases. Sarah Jones KC is ‘tenacious and fearless‘ and divides her practice evenly between defence and prosecution work, focusing on murder, manslaughter, and child destruction. Rebecca Fairbairn is ‘very effective in cross-examination‘ and specialises in sexual offences and organised crime cases. Mark Ruffell is well-known for prosecuting multi-handed drugs and fraud offences for CPS Wessex, while Tom Wilkins has considerable experience representing service personnel in the Court Martial as well as in the Crown Court. In October 2023 James Newton-Price KC was appointed a Circuit Judge.