Pump Court Chambers

Head of the Inheritance, Wills & Probate team

Mark Dubbery is the Head of the Inheritance, Wills & Probate team.

He is an expert in civil and family law, he is an accredited mediator and a member of the specialist inheritance mediators’ group. He is also an enthusiastic speaker and writer on all his areas of specialisation.

• Mark is a regular speaker at Chambers’ and external seminars.
• Contributor to specialist publications on and off line.
• Speaker, trainer and lecturer at chambers’ events and those arranged for or by solicitors, regional practice groups, HMRC and commercial providers including CLT, CPDcast, MBL and Lips Legal.

Notable cases include: Stoker v Rose (Re Krzystofowicz (deceased) [2001] WTLR 883; McMeekin v Long [2003] 29 EG 120; Brown & Ors v Russell Young & Co (a firm) [2006] EWHC 90055 (Costs); Soulsbury v Soulsbury [2007] EWCA Civ 938; Broadway v Fernandez [2007] EWHC 684 (Ch); Parris v Williams [2008] EWCA Civ 1147; Kentfield v Wright [2010] EWHC 1607 (Ch).

Called 1996, Middle Temple; Pump Court Chambers; mediator (ADR group); head of the Inheritance, Wills and Probate team; member of the specialist Inheritance, Wills and Probate Mediation team; advocacy trainer (Middle Temple).

Publications

• Stands to Reason – PS Magazine (Law Society), November 2012
• Communication Breakdown – Private Client Advisor, March 2012
• Cohabitants and the IPFD – Lawskills, June 2010
• You can’t take it with you – or leave it behind: Roberts & Milbour v Fresco [2017] EWHC 283 (Ch) – Family Law, March 2017

French

• Appointed a Recorder of the South Eastern Circuit in 2023
• Chancery Bar Association
• Civil Mediation Council
• Family Law Bar Association
• Western Circuit

• BSc (Economics), University College, London
• LLB (First Class), City Law School
• Qualified Mediator (ADR Group)

Travel, sport, food and drink, preferably in combination.

Sport, food and theatre. Surrey CCC, Cheshire RFC.