| Mark Piercy practised as a barrister for many years, specialising in all aspects of family law including finance and property issues in divorce proceedings, cohabitation property cases, children cases and inheritance claims. He has extensive experience of advisory work, drafting pre-nuptial and separation agreements, court proceedings and advocacy at all levels. He has appeared in a number of reported cases in the Family Division.
Mark has dual qualifications as solicitor and non-practising barrister, having been admitted as a solicitor. He now practises exclusively as a solicitor with higher rights of audience as a solicitor advocate. He is a Senior Consultant with Neumans LLP and handles high profile and high value divorce cases for the firm. Mark is a trained collaborative lawyer and an accredited specialist of Resolution.
Reported cases
Amongst the reported cases in which Mark has appeared as an advocate are the following:
P v P [2007] 2 FLR 439: Wardship jurisdiction concerning the temporary removal of children for the purpose of education
V v V (Contact: Implacable hostility) [2004] 2 FLR 851: a landmark case in which the High Court transferred residence to a father as a result of the mother's repeated breaches of contact orders
Re B (Wasted costs: Abuse of process) [2001] 1 FLR 843
K and A (Local authority: Child maintenance) [1995] 1 FLR 688
W v W (A minor: Custody appeal) [1988] 2 FLR 505
Appointments and Memberships
Mark is a member of Lincoln's Inn and the Inner Temple. He has appointments as legal adviser to the Institute of Actuaries and legal assessor to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. He is an accredited specialist of Resolution with particular specialisms in Advocacy Financial Provision and Cohabitation. He is also a member of the Family Law Bar Association.
Publications/Lectures
Mark has published articles in Family Law on the subject of Cohabitation and Property Rights and Intractable Contact Disputes. He has also lectured on family law issues and on evidence and procedure in contested proceedings.
Education
Mark was a scholar at Oxford University, where he read Modern History, and a Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln's Inn. He was called to the Bar in 1976 and was admitted as a solicitor in 2007 |
