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St Philips Chambers
55 TEMPLE ROW
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B2 5LS
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Ben Mills
Work Department
St Philips Regulatory
Position
For the past decade, Ben has been consistently recognised by the industry directories as a leader in his field. He practises predominantly in regulatory crime (health and safety, consumer protection, fraud, environmental crime and inquests) along with associated complex confiscation proceedings.He has been appointed to the highest tier (Panel A) on the Attorney General’s Unified List of Prosecuting Advocates. At the core of his practice is an acute attention to his client’s best interests and a tireless commitment to his cases. He was Junior Counsel in R v X [2013], the leading authority on the CPUT Regulations 2008 and the application of recklessness to corporate entities. He appeared in the leading health and safety cases Tata Steel [2017], Diamond Box [2017], Lear [2018] and Faltec [2019], and the environmental law case of EA v McIntosh [2019]. During the House of Lords expenses scandal, he was instructed to advise a life peer in all pre-charge matters and police interviews. Twice nominated for Birmingham Law Society’s Barrister of the Year. He also sits as a Recorder of the Crown Court.
Career
Called 2000, Inner Temple; Law Commission Research Assistant 2000-2001; joined St Philips Chambers 2001; appointed to the Attorney General’s Unified List of Prosecuting Advocates (Panel A); January 2016 appointed as a Recorder of the Crown Court; Deputy Head of the St Philips Regulatory Group. Publications of note: contributing editor: ‘Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice’, Jordans/LexisNexis 2013 to 2019.
Languages
Fluent French.
Memberships
Midland Circuit.
Education
Birmingham University (BA Hons, English and philosophy, 2(:1)); BPP Law School, Lincoln’s Inn (diploma in law).
Leisure
Outside work, Ben enjoys life as a semi-professional musician and is a keen sportsman.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Ben Mills –St Philips Chambers ‘Ben is very approachable, very flexible in his approach to instructions, and able to communicate effectively with clients. He is an excellent advocate, and his court manner and understanding of the law is excellent.’
St Philips Chambers’ regulatory team has substantial expertise in handling both prosecution and defence work in cases related to environment agency, trading standards matters and health and safety cases, including catastrophic injury and gross negligence manslaughter. ‘An articulate and persuasive advocate’, Ben Mills is ‘able to argue difficult points of law and fact by distilling them to the real issues that need deciding in the case’. Jonathan Barker represented a Birmingham businessman accused of selling unregulated COVID-19 tests.