Mark James has been recommended in all the major directories as a leader in his field for the best part of two decades. Mark is recognised as an expert in the field of costs and also conducts professional negligence claims involving barristers and solicitors as well as dealing with interventions into solicitors’ practices. He has extensive experience in insurance-backed litigation including personal injury (especially high-value claims and disease litigation), insurance contract disputes and claims for fire and subsidence damage to property and business (including subrogated claims). Mark also undertakes construction work and general commercial work. James is the author of the leading textbook on experts, Expert Evidence: Law & Practice (5th ed., 2020) (Sweet & Maxwell).