A specialist in construction, engineering, energy, shipbuilding, telecoms and related professional negligence disputes, Ben regularly represents clients in the English courts and international and domestic arbitrations. He has been instructed in relation to a number of high-profile construction and engineering projects in London, including Wembley Stadium, the Jubilee Line, and the East London Line extension, as well as major construction, energy and infrastructure projects in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

He is regularly instructed in domestic and international shipbuilding, engineering and construction arbitrations by both commercial and government clients. As sole and junior counsel he has represented clients in disputes in which the governing law is not English law.

Ben accepts appointments as an adjudicator and, as counsel, has represented clients in numerous adjudications, including the adjudication that gave rise to one of the leading adjudication cases of 2014, Eurocom v Siemens [2014] EWHC 3710 (TCC).

Ben is experienced with many major standard form contracts, including the JCT and NEC standard forms, and is a contributing author to Keating on Offshore Construction and Marine Engineering Contracts and Keating on NEC 3.

Keating Chambers, 2009Pupillage, Keating Chambers, 2008-2009Called to the Bar (Middle Temple), 2008

German (conversational)French (basic)

Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)

The Manchester Grammar School; St Hughes College, Oxford (1998 MA); Manchester Metropolitan University (2007 GDL); City University (2008 BVC).

Riding motorbikes and playing base guitar.