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 Pump Court Chambers’ Regulatory & Disciplinary team. He specialises in healthcare cases, particularly those involving care homes and proceedings brought by the CQC before the Care Standards Tribunal and the Magistrates’ Court. He has represented many care providers at Inquests involving care homes
Mark Ruffell’s regulatory experience has involved cases of director disqualification, planning enforcement, breaches of environmental legislation, licensing appeals and public inquiries before Traffic Commissioners.
Mark Ruffell has appeared as an advocate before major regulators of professional discipline and conduct, including the Bar Standards Tribunal, the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal and appeals to the High Court.
Mark Ruffell is a former Legally Qualified Chair and is now a Legally Qualified Person for Police Misconduct Panels. He is a Legally Qualified Chair for the Taxation Disciplinary Board (TDB). He is a Legal Advisor for the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW), the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg) and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CiLEX).
Mark Ruffell is regularly instructed in heavy weight criminal work and is on the CPS Serious Crime and Fraud Panels. He has been instructed as Independent Counsel by the Serious Fraud Office and is instructed by HMRC. He is instructed in Health and Safety Cases.
Mark Ruffell is Chancellor of the Diocese of Gloucester and Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Winchester. He is an occasional panel member of the Clergy Disciplinary Tribunal. He is instructed to represent Petitioners and Parties Opponent in Ecclesiastical Law cases. He represents clergy at the Clergy Disciplinary Tribunal.
Mark Ruffell 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.
Mark is a former FA level 1 football coach and team manager, as well as being a Churchwarden and a former Borough Councillor.
Council responsibilities included: cabinet member for Planning and the Natural Environment, and member of a Licensing Authority’s Licensing Committee
Advisor to the Shadow Parliamentary Front Bench on Home Affairs from 1999-2001 (Proceeds of Crime, Mode of Trial Bill and Private Security Industry Bill).
Legally Qualified Chair for Police Misconduct Hearings (2023)
Member of Local Authority internal employment tribunal chairman from 1993-4.