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 the Regulatory & Disciplinary team. Mark’s broad regulatory expertise includes cases involving care homes brought by the CQC before the Care Standards Tribunal and the Magistrates’ Court, cases of director disqualification, planning enforcement, breaches of environmental legislation, licensing appeals and public inquiries before Traffic Commissioners. Mark’s broad disciplinary expertise includes appearing before major regulators of professional discipline and conduct, including the Bar Standards Tribunal, the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal and appeals to the High Court. He is a legal adviser to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW), the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CiLEX). He is a legally qualified chair 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 and by HMRC.
Mark is Chancellor of the Diocese of Gloucester and Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Winchester. Mark is an occasional panel member of the Clergy Disciplinary Tribunal. He is instructed to represent Petitioners and Parties Opponent in Ecclesiastical Law cases and represents clergy in disciplinary cases.
Mark is able to accept Direct Access work.
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.