Mark Cooper-Hall
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 1 : Family: Children
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About
Provided by Mark Cooper-Hall
Practice Areas
Public Law Children
Career
Public Law Children
Mark practises exclusively in family law and specialises in matters relating to children. He has a busy practice and a reputation for providing excellent client care and being thoroughly prepared. Mark aims to provide realistic and pragmatic advice whilst always being prepared to fight his client’s case.
Mark is a public law specialist and is regularly instructed to represent parents, children, local authorities and interveners in care proceedings. He is also experienced in representing vulnerable adults and older children who are competent to provide their own instructions
Mark has experience of cases involving:
• death of a child;
• serious head injuries, resulting from skull fractures and shaking;
• fabricated or induced illness (FII);
• multiple inflicted injuries;
• sexual abuse;
• female genital mutilation (FGM);
• forced marriage;
• inter-sibling sexual activity;
• torture;
• trafficking; and
• other forms of significant harm to children.
Mark is regularly led by King’s Counsel in complex and often lengthy care cases. He also undertakes such cases as a single junior.
Professional Memberships
Midland Circuit, Family Law Bar Association, West Midlands FLBA (Secretary), The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, The Birmingham City School of Law Advisory Board, Birmingham Local Family Justice Board (representative for the Bar), FreeBar.