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Ben Graff
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Ben has a busy practice across Chambers’ specialisms and is regularly involved in disputes arising out of large-scale construction and infrastructure projects and high-value procurement challenges. Ben’s cases include domestic and international work. He works with large legal teams and also appears in his own right in the High Court, County Court and as part of his busy adjudication practice. Ben is a contributor to Keating on JCT Contracts and is familiar with many other standard form contracts including the NEC and |ChemE forms.
Recent highlights include:
- Representing HS2 in (a) two separate procurement challenges brought in relation to a £2.75bn rolling stock contract, the second of which culminated in a 4-week TCC trial in November-December 2022; and (b) Bechtel Limited v High Speed Two [2021] EWHC 458 (TCC), a three-week TCC trial which concerned the procurement of a £1bn+ contract for the construction of Old Oak Common Station.
- Two international arbitrations concerning the design and construction of two semi-submersible offshore drilling rigs.
- Defending a building developer against a £10m claim relating to water ingress in 4 blocks of flats.
- Acting as sole counsel in an adjudication, successfully resisting a £1.8m claim for liquidated damages for the allegedly poor performance of an anaerobic digestion plant.
- Acting as sole counsel in the High Court in Quadro v Creagh [2021] EWHC 2637 (TCC), seeking to resist the enforcement of an adjudicator’s award on the basis of a jurisdictional objection.
Career
Tenant, Keating Chambers – 2020
Pupil, Keating Chambers – 2019-2020
Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn – 2019
Education
Bar Professional Training Course, City University of London – 2016-2017
Graduate Diploma in Law, City University of London (Distinction) – 2016-2017
Teacher of Philosophy, Sevenoaks School – 2015-2016
MPhil in Philosophy, University of Cambridge – 2014-2015
BA Philosophy and Politics, University of Manchester (First Class Honours) – 2011-2014
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Public procurement
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Ben Graff – Keating Chambers ‘Ben is a very strong junior in public procurement. He has been involved in some of the biggest procurement cases in the Courts.’