Mark is an entrepreneur and crime writer. He is the creator of DCI Frank Merlin, a detective operating in WW2 London. His first two novels, Princes Gate and Stalin’s Gold, are available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. The audio books will be released in August 2015 by Audible. A third Frank Merlin novel is due out in early 2016. For many years he lived and worked in the USA, now dividing his time between London and France.
Mark Ellis tells Counsel how a barrister’s training has helped him realise his long-held ambition to become a writer
When did you join the Bar?
Chair of the Bar Sam Townend KC highlights some of the key achievements at the Bar Council this year
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A centre of excellence for youth justice, the Youth Justice Legal Centre provides specialist training, an advice line and a membership programme
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind speaks to those walking away from the criminal Bar
Tom Cosgrove KC looks at the government’s radical planning reform and the opportunities and challenges ahead for practitioners
From a traumatic formative education to exceptional criminal silk – Laurie-Anne Power KC talks about her path to the Bar, pursuit of equality and speaking out against discrimination (not just during Black History Month)
James Onalaja concludes his two-part opinion series
Yasmin Ilhan explains the Law Commission’s proposals for a quicker, easier and more effective contempt of court regime
