Ben Holt > VWV > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Ben Holt

0117 314 5478 bholt@vwv.co.uk

Work Department

Commercial Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Ben specialises in advising on complex disputes for businesses and education institutions.

He has particular expertise in relation to claims arising from mergers and acquisitions, reputation management, funding arrangements, supply of goods and services (including procurement) and professional negligence.

Meeting Your Needs

Ben has represented leading lenders in multi-million pound claim portfolios involving fraud and professional negligence. He regularly advises on shareholder/director disputes and warranty claims following corporate acquisitions. Ben acts for both suppliers and contracting authorities in relation to procurement disputes. He has experience obtaining urgent injunctive relief relating to transmission of data, claiming conspiracy to injure, unlawful interference and inducement to breach contract.

Ben also leads the firm’s Reputation Management team. This usually revolves around issues with social media and the internet, including: data/confidentiality breaches and privacy; defamation; harassment and intellectual property infringements.  He has a particular interest in tracing anonymous authors / online “trolls” and advising on removing infringing online material. His experience includes successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the Texan court in a commercial disparagement claim for $30m relating to website content; and disputes involving the likes of the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, Channel 4 and the BBC.

Ben heads our Aerospace and Defence team and is also a member of our Technology and Recruitment teams, providing specialist litigation and dispute resolution advice tailored to each sector.

Memberships

Ben is a director of Bristol Law Society and a member of the Bristol Mercantile Court Users Committee and Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.