School of Law

MA. (Oxon), M.A. (Keele) 2001 , BA (Birmingham) 2004, Solicitor (uncertified).

Mark grew up in Birmingham before studying law at Oxford.  After a year at the College of Law he joined a large commercial firm of solicitors back in Birmingham as an articled clerk.  He qualified as a solicitor in 1990, specializing in commercial property law.  In 1995 Mark left private practice, and since then has taught law part-time at Keele.  He also taught at Aston University for a number of years.

Mark has a reputation for taking an innovative and sometimes dramatic approach to his teaching and he has also been keen to explore and use electronic resources in teaching.  His land law module was one of the largest pilot modules for the University’s virtual learning environment and Mark has also worked with others on the use of voting systems in learning and a virtual court project.  He is presently responsible for the Land Law volume in Palgrave Macmillan’s Law Masters Series.

In 2005/6, Mark was short listed for the Association of Law teachers’ Law Teacher of the Year award and in 2006/7he was awarded a Keele Individual Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. 

Mark’s main teaching interests are in the land law of England and Wales.  He is happy to supervise dissertations in these areas.

LAW-20036 Land Law 1

LAW-20037 Land Law 2

LAW-30001 CPE/GDL English Legal System & Legal Method

LAW-30006 CPE/GDL Property Law

Mark is willing to supervise undergraduate dissertations on land law related topics.

Mark is an ordained minister in the Church of England. He is Non-Stipendiary Associate Minister of the parishes of Colton, Colwich and Great Haywood. He is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.