Ben provides representation and advice in all main areas of commercial and chancery law.

He frequently represents clients at small claims and fast-track trials, as well as for various interim, procedural and enforcement applications, including strike out, summary judgment, disclosure, relief from sanctions and applications for charging orders and third-party debt orders.

Real Estate

Ben frequently undertakes instructions across a range of landlord and tenant work for residential, commercial and agricultural property, including possession proceedings, disrepair and rights of entry. Ben also provides representation and advisory work in matters relating to boundary disputes, Party Wall Act disputes, easements, and beneficial interests in land.

Ben also deals with matters relating to property damage, including negligence, nuisance and street works claims.

Commercial

Ben regularly provides representation and advisory work across a range of commercial matters, and is experienced in breach of contract matters, consumer rights claims, and debt recovery proceedings including s.69 Solicitors Act 1974 claims.

Background

Ben joined Chambers in October 2023 following the successful completion of his specialist commercial and chancery pupillage. Ben’s pupil supervisors were James Pearce-Smith, Brittany Pearce, Christopher Jones and Charlie Newington-Bridges.

Prior to taking the Bar, Ben was a volunteer advocate for the Legal Advocacy and Support Project at Bristol Law Centre for 2 years alongside his studies and represented many disabled clients from across Bristol before the First-Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) to overturn Work Capability assessments for ESA, PIP and UC.

Originally hailing from Nottingham, Ben studied History at the University of Bristol, specialising in medieval Islamic history before converting to law and taking the Bar. He maintains a keen amateur interest in many different areas of global history.

Outside of work, Ben is also a classically trained singer and violinist, and enjoys tennis, hiking and cycling.”

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  • Qualifications & awards:

    • GDL Exhibition Scholarship from Inner Temple.
    • Bar Course Exhibition Scholarship from Inner Temple.
    • Studied the Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy. Passed with Distinction, received the Falcon Chambers Prize for Civil Advocacy for joint highest mark in Submissions Advocacy.

  • Additional information:

    Ben is a classically trained singer and violinist. He maintains a keen interest in a wide range of amateur music and drama – from Church choirs to close harmony, string quartet to symphony orchestra and opera to contemporary musical theatre.

    Ben was President of the Inner Temple Drama Society and served both as producer and composer for the first show ever sent by an Inn of Court to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022.

    He is also a keen sportsman and still manages to get round to tennis, cycling and occasionally long-distance hiking. In lockdown he completed both the Pennine Way and West Highland Way.