Monckton Chambers

Ben is a highly experienced barrister specialising in Competition, Public and EU Law.

Ben is Standing Counsel to the Competition and Markets Authority and was a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel before taking silk.

Ben is recommended in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 as a leader in the fields of Competition Law, EU Law and Telecommunications, and in Legal 500 in the field of Administrative & Public and Data Protection. He is a contributor to the leading EU Competition Law text, Bellamy & Child European Union Law of Competition, and is direct access qualified.

Ben appears regularly in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal, and has appeared in numerous cases before the EU Court of Justice. He has acted in many of the leading cases in his areas of expertise. Ben is a clear and persuasive advocate, and an effective leader with significant experience working in large multi-disciplinary teams. Ben is highly valued by clients and instructing solicitors for his attention to detail, judgement, accessibility, and ability to identify the key issues at the heart of any dispute.

Ben read law with history at Sussex University where he obtained a first class honours degree. After graduating, Ben joined the Civil Service Fast Stream where he worked in the Lord Chancellor’s Department (now the Ministry of Justice) between 1998 and 2003, spending the last three years as Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg.

Ben holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Law from King’s College London, for which he obtained a distinction in 2000. In 2003, he was awarded the Everard Ver Heyden Foundation Prize by the Inns of Court School of Law and the Middle Temple Sachs Prize for his performance in his bar exams.

Bar European Group, Human Rights Lawyers Association, Administrative Bar Association

Drayton Manor High School, London; University of Sussex (1998 BA Hens First Class); King’s College, London (2000 post graduate Diploma in Sports Law); Inns of Court School of Law (2003 BVC).