Mark Knowles

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Defence
• Public Prosecution | Grade 4
• Private Prosecution
• Business Crime & Financial Services

Expertise

Mark has 30 years of experience in defending and prosecuting criminal cases, conducting many cases as a leading junior.

Mark is a barrister specialising in cases that require expert advocacy skills. He has experience in murder, fraud serious sexual offences, drug trafficking and violent crime cases, successfully defending a range of clients

Mark also specialises in football violence cases and complex fraud cases, travelling across the country to undertake such cases.

Mark has a varied practice and represents both individual and corporate clients respectively. Mark is called upon to advise professional clients at an early stage of proceedings in respect of strategy and achieving the best outcome for lay clients. He has vast experience of criminal sexual offence cases, which assists in the delicate cross-examination of child witnesses and experts and as such, he is regularly instructed in cases involving serious sexual abuse and neglect. He is an authorised Counsel to question Vulnerable and child witnesses, having completed the required courses. He has undertaken numerous cases involving such witnesses and those involving intermediaries.

Mark has developed particular expertise in complex commercial fraud and has conducted numerous multi-million-pound fraud cases for the defence.

Mark is viewed as a highly-skilled, natural jury advocate with a fluid advocacy style and comprehensive analytical skills. He is both approachable and understanding.

Mark has successfully represented clients appearing before major hearings at the Court of Criminal Appeal.