Biography

Mark Lazarowicz has a varied civil practice, specialising in housing, property, environmental, local government, equalities, human rights, and public law generally.

He regularly appears in the Court of Session, Sheriff Courts, and in various tribunals (including the immigration, housing and property and the social entitlement chambers).

He has been instructed on a wide range of matters including homelessness, landlord-tenant disputes, evictions, and other housing issues; human rights and equalities law; various local government matters, including finance, asset transfer, and common good property; the community right to buy land; property disputes; flooding; and criminal injuries compensation.

From 2001 to 2015 he served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North & Leith constituency, during which time he had both front bench and back bench experience, and was an active member of a number of select and standing committees. His activity in Parliament focused on environmental, energy, climate change, financial services, and constitutional issues.