Mark Howard QC

Mark Howard is widely regarded as one of the leading commercial silks at the bar. He has very wide experience of commercial and 'City' litigation, along with banking, professional negligence, fraud, energy and insurance and reinsurance. He also has experience of Administrative Law and Competition Law cases. He is an experienced advocate appearing before Supreme Court and Court of Appeal frequently, as well as dealing with high value and complex first instance disputes. He also has great experience of appearing before arbitral tribunals as well as overseas jurisdictions.

Recent cases of note have been the major BSkyB -v- EDS litigation, Yugraneft -v- Roman Abramovich in which he appeared for Roman Abramovich. Recent cases relating to credit crisis include Bank of New York -v- Perpetual, Butters -v- BBC Worldwide before the Court of Appeal and In Re Sigma in which he appeared for Party A before the House of Lords.

In 2010 Mark Howard was presented with the 'Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year' Award at the Chambers Bar Awards. In 2008 he was awarded both 'Barrister of the Year' at the Lawyer Awards and 'Commercial Litigation Barrister of the Year' at the Chambers Bar Awards.

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Mark Howard QC’s Directory Quotes

  • "renowned for his fearless advocacy style. A "devastating cross-examiner"" (Chambers & Partners 2011)
  • "Instructing solicitors line up to praise his "clever, shrewd and realistic advice," with one interviewee noting that he "clearly has the respect of the court." (Chambers & Partners 2011)
  • "‘really thinks outside the box' and maintains his ‘stellar reputation'." (Legal 500 2010)
  • " "power to condense even the most complex matters down to one or two central ideas" impresses sources throughout the market. "He is so good that he can bring out a completely new perception of a case," and is universally acknowledged as one of the very finest cross-examiners at the Bar. "(Chambers & Partners 2010)
  • "appreciated by instructing solicitors for his flexibility and his willingness to take on cases at short notice." (Chambers & Partners 2010)
  • "incomparable as an advocate" (Legal 500, 2009)
  • "he can destroy opposing counsel with little more than a look" (Chambers & Partners, 2008)

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