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Ben Patten KC
Position
Ben specialises in professional negligence, construction and commercial litigation with particular expertise in cases involving construction professionals, solicitors, barristers, accountants, valuers and surveyors.
Career
Qualified 1986, Middle Temple, QC 2010. Called to Bar in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Publications: ‘Professional Negligence in Construction, Co-editor of Jackson and Powell, chapter 9 “Construction Professionals”, Co-editor of Professional Liability Looseleaf, Chapter 9, “Solicitors”.
Memberships
COMBAR; PNBA; TECBAR; SCL; LCLCBA.
Education
Stonyhurst College; Oxford University; City University.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Ben Patten KC – 4 New Square ‘Exceptionally bright, commercial, good with clients, a real team player, very hard working. Goes the extra mile to deliver.’
Demonstrating ‘expertise across all levels’, 4 New Square offers representation on a variety of construction-related issues, with a particular focus on defending contractors in cases framed as professional negligence claims. Roger Stewart KC and George McDonald are acting on Sudlows Limited v Global Switch Estates 1 Limited, a series of disputes centred on a project to upgrade a data centre. The set has marked its presence in high-value cladding claims, including Hugh Saunders‘s representation of Broadway Malyan against Balfour Beatty in a dispute concerning a student accommodation development in east London. Additionally, Ben Patten KC is defending cladding consultant Cladtech Associates in Shepherd Construction Limited v Kingspan and Others, a substantial damages claim concerning fire safety and structural defects in a major London development.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Ben Patten KC –4 New Square ‘Ben is extremely thorough is giving his advice and has an excellent feel for the merits of difficult points. An extremely strong advocate, he is a go-to for complex professional negligence claims.’