London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
HALL OF FAME3Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Ben is an experienced silk, with good technical knowledge and an engaging style of advocacy. He has the confidence of the court.’
Ben Collins
Employment, clinical negligence, personal injury and professional regulatory & discipline., Old Square Chambers
- Phone020 7269 0300
- Email[email protected]
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.
Education
Educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry and Queens' College Cambridge.
Mentions
London Bar
Clinical negligence
HALL OF FAME1Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Ben is calm under pressure, thorough, thoughtful and puts claimants and their families at ease. His advocacy is again calm, measured and highly effective.’
London Bar
Employment
HALL OF FAME2Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers ‘A silk who is very good at putting the client at ease with his calm demeanour.’
London Bar
Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
HALL OF FAME3Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Ben is extremely thorough and does not overlook a single detail, just what you need in highly complex multi-defendant extremely high-value personal injury cases.’
London Bar
Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
HALL OF FAME3Ben Collins KC – Old Square Chambers ‘A silk with a very strategic mind.’