Mark Humphreys

Practice Areas

Mark specialises in Employment, Discrimination and Whistleblowing litigation, for claims brought in the Employment Tribunal and associated appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and the Court of Appeal. He has particular experience in dealing with Applications for Interim Relief in the Employment Tribunal. Mark also accepts instructions to complete Investigations for clients, and to act as a Disciplinary or Appeal officer.

Mark is a member of the Attorney General’s B-Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown, and is a contributor to Blackstone’s Employment Law Practice published by Oxford University Press.

Mark has extensive business experience from his time prior to coming to the Bar. He was a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, and a successful banker dealing in complex international financing transactions, as well as being a statutory director of a number of companies.

Career

2012: Bar Professional Training Course: Outstanding

2011: Law Conversion course: Distinction

2008: Masters Degree in Philosophy, University of London

1996: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales: Chartered Accountant

1991: Bachelors Degree in Modern History and Economics, Oxford University

Professional Memberships

The Employment Law Association

The Industrial Law Society

The Discrimination Law Association

The Employment Law Bar Association

Personal

Mark is an Honarary Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and is a former Treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees. He has a keen interest in mountaineering and has climbed the highest peaks in both the Arctic and Antarctic.