Ben Davies > 30 Park Place > Cardiff, > Barrister Profile

30 Park Place
30 PARK PLACE
CARDIFF
CF10 3BS
Ben Davies photo

Position

Ben specialises exclusively in personal injury work, representing both claimants and defendants. He has particular experience in dealing with Employers Liability, Public Liability and Road Traffic Accidents and undertakes an increasing amount of high value work often involving brain and spinal injuries as well as orthopaedic injuries causing post-traumatic degenerative change, joint replacement or resulting in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Ben’s practice is now exclusively Multi track and he is regularly instructed to draft complicated Schedules of Loss and attend Costs and Case Management Hearings and is often consulted in relation to preparation of Costs Budgets. He also undertakes CICA Appeals and Coroners Inquests.

Ben has spent the last 15 years undertaking personal injury work as a result of which he is able to identify the main issues in a case very quickly. He has a good manner with clients and is easy to work with. Over the years he has developed a practice that is built around repeat instructions from a number of local and national solicitors many of whom send him all of the work that they have in South Wales. He also receives repeat instructions from some of the largest personal injury firms in the country. Ben is flexible in the way that he works and willing to travel to suit the client, often undertaking conferences at solicitors offices and occasionally at clients homes or business premises. Ben is willing to work to fixed fees or charge by the hour.

Career

Called 1999; Lincoln’s Inn. Pupil supervisor. Deputy District Judge (Civil).

Languages

French and Spanish.

Education

Monmouth School; University of East Anglia; Universite Jean Moulin (Lyon III), Lyon, France; Inns of Court School of Law, London. LLB Law with French Law and Language; BVC.

Leisure

Watching football/rugby, playing tennis, spending time with family.

Lawyer Rankings

Regional Bar > Wales and Chester Circuit > Clinical negligence

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Ben Davies30 Park Place ChambersHe is a highly experienced advocate and first choice counsel to run cases where there are complex liability issues to explore. He prepares cases in meticulous detail and is always willing to thoroughly investigate every aspect of even the most challenging claims on liability or quantum. He has an excellent rapport with clients. He is extremely responsive, and strong at CCMC preparation, costs budgeting and costs arguments.’ 

Regional Bar > Wales and Chester Circuit > Personal injury

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Ben Davies30 Park Place Chambers ‘He produces thorough and reliable work.  He is very approachable and is always willing to make time to discuss matters and has excellent client care skills.’ 

30 Park Place Chambers is a ‘go-to chambers‘ for personal injury work. Lloyd Williams KC has considerable experience and with ‘a deceptively calm exterior’ regularly leads on high-value matters involving clients without capacity and cases involving head and spinal injuries. The ‘very approachableBen Davies heads the team and represents both claimants and defendants in multi-track claims. He regularly handles cases involving issues of employers’ liability, public liability, and road traffic accidents and increasingly represents clients with significant brain and spinal injuries. Sam Aynsley‘s ‘client care skills are second to none‘ and he continues to build a reputation for his personal injury expertise.