London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
Leading silk3Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers
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Ben Collins KC
Old Square Chambers, London
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Work Department
Employment, clinical negligence, personal injury and professional regulatory & discipline.
Position
High-profile practice in an unusually wide range of fields: major cases in employment, clinical negligence, regulatory, PI, public law and human rights. Particular expertise in the health sector, with huge experience of representing healthcare professionals and employers in employment, regulatory, disciplinary and civil proceedings. Appears regularly in High Court and tribunals in public sector and large commercial employment disputes. Major practice in very high value clinical negligence, personal injury, inquests and associated public law and human rights challenges. Leading expert in criminal injuries compensation. Extensive experience in military claims. Notable cases (over 25 reported in last 5 years) include: R (DSD) v Parole Board [2018] HRLR 12 (challenge to John Worboys release); Gilham v MOJ [2018] ICR 827 (employment status of judges); Y v FTT [2017] 4 WLR 60 (status of unborn child); Wasteney v ELFT [2016] ICR 643 (religious discrimination); Child Soldiers v MOD [2016] 1 WLR 1062 (age discrimination in Army); CP v FTT [2015] QB 459 (criminalisation of drinking in pregnancy); a series of claims arising from injuries of utmost severity.
Career
Called (MT) 1996, QC 2016. Recorder. Special Advocate. Attorney-General’s A Panel (before taking silk). IPC Anti-doping adjudicator. Called to Bar of Northern Ireland.
Publications:
Contributing Editor to ‘Professional Negligence and Liability’ (Informa). Consultant Editor to ‘Criminal Injuries Compensation’ (OUP)
Memberships
ELA, PNBA, PIBA, ARDL, ELBA, Justice, Liberty.
Education
Educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry and Queens' College Cambridge.
Mentions
London Bar
Clinical negligence
Leading silk1Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Ben is the consummate professional, commands control and also the respect of the other side. He is a thoughtful and articulate advocate, not forgetting the lay client and their needs and understanding throughout the legal process. He is a canny negotiator and instills confidence at all times.’
London Bar
Employment
Leading silk2Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers 'A silk who provides high quality, commercially sound advice.'
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Personal injury
Leading silk2Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Ben brings with him a wealth of experience and analytical approach to complex brain injury claims.’
London Bar
Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
Leading silk3Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers