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Mark Watson KC KC
Position
Regulatory law, particularly health and safety, environmental and planning enforcement, consumer law and trading standards, contraventions of maritime regulations and food safety. prosecutes and defends in all of these areas, together with civil enforcement issues.
Career
Called 1994; Gray’s Inn.
Education
Oxford University (MA).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Mark Watson KC –Six Pump Court
At Six Pump Court, members are often instructed by local authorities and regulatory bodies, such as the Health and Safety Executive, in cases involving allegations of manslaughter and regulatory breaches, among other areas. Mark Watson KC was instructed by CPS Special Casework in the prosecution of a waste company following a worker being fatally injured as a result of being run over by a reversing lorry; the company was convicted of corporate manslaughter and other related health and safety offences in 2022, and received a £640,000 fine in 2023. Elsewhere in chambers, Pascal Bates acted on behalf of Great Yarmouth Borough Council and the Health and Safety Executive in a joint prosecution arising from the death of a young child following the explosion of an inflatable trampoline.