Our People

Mark Roscoe (1999)

teams

Housing & Property, Commercial, Family , Public Law & Judicial Review

education

Bedford Modern School (1984-1994)

BA (Hons.) Modern History (QMW, University of London; 1997)

Postgraduate Diploma in Law (City University, 1998)

Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln's Inn

Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills (Inns of Court School of Law, 1999)

Territorial Army Professionally Qualified Officers Course (RMA Sandhurst, 2008)

practice

Mark is a civil practitioner in chambers with significant experience across several areas of law. He has advised and represented individuals, companies, insurers, local authorities and children's guardians before a wide variety of tribunals.

Property litigation

Work encompasses all aspects of landlord and tenant, housing, nuisance, easements, boundaries and conveyancing issues. Mark also acts in service charge disputes and leasehold claims before the LVT.

Torts and contractual disputes

Mark enjoys a strong general common law practice, ranging from personal injury and professional negligence to the construction of agreements and enforcement of obligations.

Family law

Mark maintains a busy court practice in family law with a particular emphasis on matters arising under the Children Act 1989, domestic violence and TOLATA applications. He has recently undertaken training in Court of Protection work.

Education and public law

In the highly specialist field of education law, Mark has represented a number of local authorities in relation to SENDIST / First Tier Tribunal (Special Educatiional Needs and Disability) cases concerning the statementing process and claims of disability discrimination. For parents, Mark has advised in relation to education negligence and judicial review claims against local authorities. He also acts as a legal adviser to school exclusion appeal panels and Independent Appeal Panels. Mark has acted in a number of judicial reviews, including applications against the Law Society and has a developing expertise in armed forces law.

Cases of interest

BMW AG v Warsap & others 30/03/10, EWHC Ch. (unreported) - committal proceedings in relation to intellectual property breaches (instructed by Jefferies Essex LLP)

Safestore & others v RSN Property Ltd [2009] PLSCS 292 (CLCC) - acted at trial for Lombard Asset Management (Bahamas) Ltd in acquisition of prescriptive easements of parking despite being in breach of restrictive covenant (instructed by Bains & Co)

O v Lewisham London Borough Council (1) Special Education Needs & Disability Tribunal (2) [2007] EWHC 2130 (Admin); (2007) ELR 633 - the scope of public expenditure to be considered by SENDIST (instructed by LB Lewisham Legal Services)

KW (1) VW (2) v Lewisham London Borough Council (1) Susan Rees (Chair of Special Education Needs & Disability Tribunal (2) [2006] EWHC 1853 (QB); (2007) ELR 11 - adequacy of reasons given by SENDIST (instructed by LB Lewisham Legal Services)

Reynold v Hartman [2005] EWHC 3293 (QB) - contempt proceedings brought against third party by respondent to freezing injunction (instructed by Jefferies Essex LLP)

profile

Mark enjoys a close working relationship with his instructing solicitors and is readily accessible to discuss tactics and developments by telephone, recognising the importance of swift and confident advice for professional and lay clients alike.

Mark also provides legal advice on behalf of the Army to soldiers and their dependants overseas and is a community governor of a special school. In his free time, Mark enjoys travel, motoring and rowing.