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Ben Hubble KC
Position
Ben is a specialist in professional liability, regulatory and disciplinary and commercial work. Much of his work involves claims or enforcement proceedings against accountants, actuaries, auditors, directors, finance professionals and lawyers following on from corporate collapse and breakdowns of corporate governance. In addition, Ben concentrates on general commercial litigation, arbitrations, banking, insurance (particularly coverage disputes) and claims arising from the pensions industry. He is appointed as a Senior Decision Maker for the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Career
Qualified 1992, Middle Temple; Silk 2009; Bencher of Middle Temple 2018.
Memberships
Former chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association.
Education
Wellington College, Berks; Oxford (1990 BA Hons 2(1)); City University (1991 Conversion Course).
Leisure
Football, skiing, family.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Ben Hubble KC –4 New Square ‘Ben is a true specialist in accountancy-related matters. He is utterly reliable in his legal judgement and analysis.‘
4 New Square is ‘a go-to set for disciplinary and regulatory work‘, primarily in white-collar professional services. Graeme McPherson KC is sought out to defend proceedings brought against barristers by the Bar Standards Board, while also in legal regulation Ben Hubble KC‘s recent experience includes successfully acting for former Law Society president David Greene, who was cleared of misconduct by the SDT in December 2022. The practice of 2022-appointed silk Helen Evans KC incorporates high-profile Financial Reporting Council proceedings, having represented a KMPG audit partner who carried out the 2016 audit of noted PFI company Carillion shortly before its high-profile collapse. Turning to the set’s juniors, Scott Allen appears regularly in the SDT, as well as disciplinary fora for accountancy and tax professionals.
London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Ben Hubble KC –4 New Square ‘Ben is an excellent barrister and a pleasure to work with. He is responsive and gives clear strategic advice, and is a calm and clear advocate.’
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Ben Hubble KC –4 New Square ‘Ben is a hugely experienced barrister at the top of his game. He offers considered advice in a calm manner, and is always meticulously prepared.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Ben Hubble KC –4 New Square ‘Ben is a phenomenal lawyer a KC of choice for professional negligence matters. He is calm and unflappable in times of high stress, cuts through impenetrable detail easily and always impressive on his feet.’
4 New Square Chambers is one of the market leading sets in this area, straddling both white-collar areas and the construction industry, including work for defendant clients without the backing of insurers. Justin Fenwick KC has experience in all areas of professional negligence; he currently acts for the administrators in a £250 million claim whereby the liquidators of a company allege that the administrators negligently sold the assets of the company at a substantial undervalue. Ben Hubble KC specialises in professional negligence claims against many financial and legal professionals; he recently successfully acted for a former partner of EY Dubai against the main EY head company whereby the former partner alleged that EY colluded with the regulator in Dubai to suppress the audit findings which the claimant had uncovered.
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Ben Hubble KC –4 New Square Chambers ‘Ben is a reassuring silk to have on your side. His advice is invariably measured, sensible, and tactically sound, with a firm eye on the underlying commerciality of the case.’