Ben’s practice covers all aspects of commercial litigation, professional liability and public law. He has a particular specialism and interest in cases with a company or insolvency law dimension.
Ben appears regularly as sole counsel both in the High Court, including the Insolvency and Companies Court, and the County Court. But he also enjoys working as part of a larger team and is currently involved in a number of high-value and high-profile cases.
Further detail of Ben’s recent and ongoing work is set out below in the sections on individual practice areas.
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Ben receives instructions across a range of commercial disputes, both led and unled.
He also has a passion for technology and an extensive background in computer programming, so is well placed to take instructions in disputes with an IT or any technical element.
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Ben holds a Ph.D and was supervised by leading insolvency academic Professor David Milman. His thesis focused on director liability in insolvent companies. Given his specialism, Ben is not only regularly instructed in pure insolvency matters, but also for discrete advice in commercial cases with an insolvency element.
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Ben also has significant experience of winding-up petitions, contested or otherwise, and will take instructions to appear for petitioners, creditors and/or debtor companies.
Ben is regularly instructed to draft pleadings, advise on, and appear in both applications and trials in professional negligence claims.
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Ben is building a specialist practice in the area of enforcement by certificated enforcement agents (bailiffs) and High Court Enforcement Officers, in particular where they take control of goods. He has a detailed knowledge of the substantive legal and procedural elements of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013, and the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 and has experience of acting for both enforcement agents and judgment creditors in matters including:
Before joining chambers, Ben worked as an employed barrister at the Government Legal Department and maintains a strong level of interest in taking on matters with a public law or human rights-related focus. He regularly appeared in judicial review proceedings for the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in both the Upper Tribunal and the High Court.
Ben is an editor of the chapter on Human Rights and Judicial Review in Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability.
In particular, Ben has experience of and can assist with:
Ben is a member of the Attorney General’s “junior junior” scheme and is accordingly able to take instructions from Government clients.
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Education: LL.B (Hons), Lancaster University (First Class); BPTC, BPP University (Very Competent); Ph.D, Director liability in insolvent companies, Lancaster University, Supervisor: Professor David Milman (Degree conferred without corrections)
Scholarships & Awards: The Sir Robert Megarry Scholarship, Lord Denning Scholarship, Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln’s Inn); BPTC Excellence Award Scholarships (BPP University); The Peel Trust Scholarship (The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust); The Geoff Pillar Scholarship, The Mark Everard Award (Lancaster University)
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