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Mark Waller

Senior Clerk

Mark Waller heads up the team and oversees the clerking at 5 Essex Chambers. He joined Chambers in 1998 and was promoted to Senior Clerk in 2001.

Mark has operational responsibility for clerking and professional matters including client care and management to ensure that an efficient business service is provided to clients. He has an in-depth knowledge of each member’s practice and is therefore able to advise clients on their choice of counsel as well as to discuss fees. He has overall responsibility for the development of members’ practices and the development of Chambers as a whole and is the principal point of contact in relation to new instructions.

Before joining 5 Essex Chambers, Mark worked at Farrar’s Building, 1 Kings Bench Walk, Byrom Chambers and 9 Gough Square in a clerking career spanning 30 years.

'In general all clerks are approachable, helpful and have a good response time. Mark Waller in particular is very helpful, fully understands his counsels skill set to recommend suitable counsel and always responds quickly.


'Mark Waller is an excellent clerk and has support from some very good junior staff who are all good communicators.'


'Mark Waller (senior clerk) has been a pleasure to deal with - he has ensured at all times that we know counsel availability and has sourced the right level of counsel assistance for us given the unpredictable Inquiry timetable, which often changes at short notice. '


"The clerks at 5 Essex go out of their way to help me, particularly Mark Waller, who knows everything like the back of his hands."


"Where both juniors and KC are required for matters, we are still spoilt for choice. Mark Waller also deserves a special mention here, as his responsiveness and helpfulness are particularly impressive."


"Mark Waller is really pragmatic, very helpful and very supportive."


'All of the clerks are very helpful, facilitating support, advice and advocacy when required.’


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