Ben specialises in media and information law (including defamation, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, data protection, harassment, reporting restrictions, production orders and contempt of court), public law and international human rights law. In 2025 he was shortlisted as Technology, Data and Crypto Junior of the Year (in the Legal 500 Bar Awards) and as Media, Privacy and Information Law Junior of the Year (in the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards).
Notable cases include: Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain (Supreme Court appeal on state immunity in relation to alleged hacking), Ahmadi v Guardian News and Media (strike-out of defamation claim), Duke of Sussex v News Group Newspapers (breach of confidence / misuse of private information claim for alleged unlawful information-gathering), R (LXP) v Central Criminal Court (judicial review claim relating to a warrant against a journalist), Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation (numerous claims relating to alleged hacking), Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority v Azima (multi-party litigation relating to commercial dispute), Al-Masarir v Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (state immunity in relation to alleged hacking), Chishti v Telegraph Media Group (libel claim), Wright v McCormack (libel trial and subsequent Court of Appeal decision on damages), Mueen–Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Supreme Court appeal on abuse of process in defamation claims), Eurasian Natural Resources Corp Ltd v Qajygeldin (breach of confidence claim brought against the former Prime Minister of Kazhakhstan), Banks v Cadwalladr (defamation proceedings), Elphicke v Times Newspapers (libel claim brought by a former MP), Bindel v PinkNews Media Group (libel claim), Oliver v Shaikh (harassment proceedings brought by a Circuit Judge); Channel 4 v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (costs in production order proceedings under the Terrorism Act 2000); Stunt v Associated Newspapers (Court of Appeal decision on the journalistic exemption under the Data Protection Act 1998); Construction Industry Vetting Information Litigation (group litigation against several major construction companies for data protection breaches and other wrongs); In re BBC (Court of Appeal decision on reporting restrictions in criminal proceedings); Buzzfeed v Gubarev (appeal of order for oral examination for use in defamation proceedings in Florida); Brevan Howard Asset Management v Reuters (breach of confidence claim); Miller v Associated Newspapers (Supreme Court appeal on the recovery of additional costs in libel and privacy claims); Hourani v Thomson (trial of defamation and harassment claims); In re Times Newspapers (appeal against an order for an in camera hearing and reporting restrictions in a criminal trial); PJS v News Group Newspapers (appeal of an application to discharge an interim injunction on basis that relevant information had entered the public domain); In re Guardian News and Media (appeal of order refusing permission to publish reports of a criminal trial on national security grounds); R (Miranda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (stop and search procedure held incompatible with Article 10 in relation to journalistic material); Yeo v Times Newspapers Limited (libel trial), Smith v Ministry of Defence (Supreme Court appeal on duty of care in respect of injury and death suffered in combat)
Called 2009; Lincoln’s Inn; former Visiting Fellow in Constitutional and Administrative Law at City University, London. Publications of note: co-author of Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide (Matrix, 2025); co-author of the update of the chapter on Article 10 (freedom of expression) in Simor, Human Rights Practice (Sweet and Maxwell, October 2013); author of the chapters on the right to liberty and the right to a fair hearing, Halsbury’s Laws of England, 5th edition: Rights and Freedoms (June 2013); author of the chapter on legal fundamentals in Children in Need: Local Authority Support for Children and Families (Legal Action Group, 2013); author of the chapter on welfare benefits in Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook (Legal Action Group, 2010).
French, Spanish (conversational level).
Trinity College, University of Cambridge (BA Hons – First Class);
City University, London (GDL - Distinction);
London School of Economics (LLM - Distinction);
BPP London (BVC - Outstanding).