His Honour Judge Cawson QC 

His Honour Judge (Mark) Cawson QC was called to the Bar in 1982. He practiced from Chambers in Manchester and London until 2020, taking Silk in 2001.

His practice encompassed a broad range of Chancery and commercial work, with an emphasis on company and insolvency, professional negligence, commercial property and contract disputes. He was also an accredited mediator.

Mark was Junior of the Northern Circuit in 1987, Chair of the Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association between 2008 and 2013, and Chair of the Northern Chancery Bar Association between 2013 and 2020.

He was appointed as an Assistant Recorder in 1998, and a Recorder in 2000, initially sitting on Crime. He was subsequently appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2004, authorised  to sit in the Chancery and Queen’s Bench Divisions. In this latter capacity he sat on a number of reported decisions.

He was appointed as a Specialist Circuit Judge, sitting in the Business and Property Courts in Manchester, with effect from 30 November 2020.

Mark primarily sits on Chancery work, but is also authorised to sit in other jurisdictions of the Business and Property Courts, and at other locations including Liverpool and London.