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Ben Williams

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Work Department

Crime & Regulatory

Position

Ben has expertise in prosecuting and defending complex criminal cases, particularly murder, fraud, and organised crime conspiracies, serious sexual offences, and serious violence, including attempted murder as junior alone. His regulatory practice covers environmental law, health & safety, food, fire and product safety, and trading standards.

Ben undertakes private client defence work for individuals and companies in a range of matters and his clerks are able to agree structured fees on a tailored basis.

Recent work includes multi-million pound fraud cases as a leading junior; gang-related homicides; high profile and international conspiracy trials; as well as major Environmental and Health & Safety matters.

He is also experienced in Inquests and Judicial Review proceedings where they interface with criminal and regulatory issues.

Career

Called 2006, Lincoln’s Inn. Recorder 2020

He is ranked as a Level 4 CPS prosecutor, the highest grade, and is on the specialist CPS lists for Serious Crime, Rape, Fraud and Confiscation.

He is on the Attorney General’s List of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law (Band B), prosecuting and defending against other specialist juniors and silks.

Memberships

Midland Circuit.

Education

University of Birmingham; Nottingham Law School.

Leisure

Music, literature, cooking, DIY.