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Benjamin Faulkner

Benjamin Faulkner

Position

Barrister practising in a range of commercial and traditional Chancery work, with a particular emphasis on property and pensions work and related professional negligence. He has a wide experience in all of chambers’ other core areas, including insolvency, company, contractual disputes, trusts, wills and probate and other private client matters, civil fraud and general commercial disputes. Recognised as ‘a strong and confident advocate who is well regarded by peers and clients’ who is ‘bright, commercial, easy to work with and responsive’.

Career

Called 2008; Lincoln’s Inn. Publications: A room with a view New Law Journal Vol 160, No 7405, pp245; editor of ‘Hill and Redman’s Law of Landlord and Tenant’ (2014 sections on Commonhold tenure, and unfair terms in tenancy agreements); ‘Butterworths Property Law Handbook’ (2013 10th Edition); ‘Quantification of release fees: principle and practice’ (2012 Development disputes: current issues for property litigators).

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; Association of Pension Lawyers (Associate member); Property Bar Association; Bar Pro Bono Panel.

Education

Dulwich College; Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (2007 BA Law First Class).

Mentions

London Bar

Professional negligence

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Benjamin Faulkner – Wilberforce Chambers ‘He is very strong in property and pensions-related cases. He is a good team player, who works hard and is painstaking in his attention to detail.’
London Bar

Property litigation

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Benjamin Faulkner – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Ben is technically brilliant, grasping complex issues with ease. He has very strong advocacy skills and can articulate arguments confidently, clearly and succinctly and doesn’t get fazed in difficult hearings.’