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Ben Handy
Work Department
Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Inquests, Mediation
Career
Called 2008; tenant 7 Harrington Street until 2013.
A specialist personal injury barrister and part-time judge, Ben has for years been ranked by both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for his work representing claimants and defendants in complex and high value injury claims. In previous editions his clients have said he is “user friendly and approachable”, “provides a high standard of technical advice”, and “combines great client care skills with tactical nous”.
He was recently appointed Recorder by the King on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice, and he is a qualified mediator.
Well regarded as a trial advocate and a fair but robust negotiator, Ben is particularly noted for his down-to-earth and sensitive approach with clients and families who find themselves involved in litigation after life-changing injuries. He likes to work with his instructing solicitors in an inclusive manner, managing cases as a team.
Specialisms include:
- Traumatic brain injury (he is currently instructed on matters as junior to Christopher Sharp KC and Matthew Phillips KC)
- Road accidents involving vulnerable road users such pedestrians, cyclists, and young children
- Construction site and agricultural accidents
- Psychiatric harm arising from historic sex abuse
- CES
- Complex issues of causation or quantum
- Sensitive allegations of fraud or fundamental dishonesty
He regularly speaks at Chambers’ annual Catastrophic Injury Conference, and has presented alongside Christopher Sharp KC at The Brain Injury Group’s annual Child Brain Injury Training Day to an audience including claimant and defendant catastrophic injury lawyers, Court of Protection lawyers, insurers, charity workers, case managers and other health and social care professionals.
Memberships
- Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA)
- Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)
- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
Education
- LLB Law (First Class Hons), University of Manchester (2007), Bar Vocational Course MMU (2008)
- University of Manchester R.G. Lawson prizes in Law, Medicine & Ethics; Constitutional Reform and Mental Health Law (2007)
Leisure
Running, football, tennis, music.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Ben Handy – St John’s Chambers ‘Ben combines a forensic approach to the evidence whilst taking into account broader issues in a case. He provides excellent advice on strategy and is a reliable and reassuring presence. He is also a resourceful and highly adaptable advocate.’