Temple Garden Chambers

Ben has a busy common law practice representing both claimants and defendants. He has particular expertise in the field of high value personal injury including fatal accident and catastrophic injury claims. Ben is regularly instructed in Coroner’s Inquests and costs litigation and he has experience of CICA appeals. His practice also covers clinical and professional negligence and general insurance work.

Ben’s personal injury work includes road traffic, employer’s liability, public liability and industrial disease cases. He has considerable experience in claims involving difficult issues of chronic pain, non-organic pain and allegations of exaggeration.

In addition to general insurance work Ben is regularly instructed by major insurers to act in cases concerning suspected motor insurance fraud. Such claims often involve allegations of staged, contrived or slam on accidents, low velocity impacts and phantom passengers.

Ben has wide ranging experience in Coroner’s Inquests. He has a particular expertise in inquests arising out of deaths in private prisons and detention centres. He regularly acts in inquests arising out of other circumstances including road traffic and workplace accidents.

Ben regularly appears in the SCCO and has considerable experience of a variety of costs related disputes including high value detailed assessments.

His practice also includes clinical and professional negligence work.

Ben is recommended in the Legal 500 2016 as a leading Junior Personal Injury Barrister where he is described as being ‘approachable and a good communicator’.

Previous editions described him as ‘a rising star at the PI Bar with excellent judgement’ and praised his ‘great attention to detail.’

Called 2000; Inner Temple; co-author ‘Prosecuting and Defending Health and Safety Cases’.

PIBA.

Chichester High School; Holderness High School, Plymouth, USA; York University (1995 BA (Hons) PPE 2(1)); City University (1999 DipLaw Distinction).

Playing and watching football, skiing, reading.