Profile
Work Department
Criminal
Position
Benjamin Myers KC specializes in business & financial crime, general crime, regulatory law, and professional discipline. He appears in courts and tribunals across the country and is ranked as a leading Silk in the fields of financial crime and crime in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500.
Ben acts for individuals and organizations facing prosecution by the CPS, SFO, OFT and other agencies and is experienced in leading large teams in substantial, complex, and sensitive cases, many of which are high-profile in nature.
Ben has been shortlisted as the Criminal and Extradition Silk of the Year in the Legal 500 Awards 2024.
What others say:
“Ben is exceptionally hardworking and time and time again masters the most serious and complex technical information. In terms of advocacy, Ben is a true heavyweight of the Bar and with good reason, as he is able to bear the immense pressure of some of the most daunting and distressing cases brought before the courts with unwavering professionalism and integrity.”
The Legal 500 2024
“He is astonishingly hard-working and on top of the detail.”
Chambers and Partners 2024
“Ben is a premier league silk who has prosecuted and defended many of the gravest criminal cases to come before the English courts. He has an exceptional eye for detail and pursues his client’s case with vigour and integrity. He has an outstanding ability to explain complex legal and factual matters with seemingly effortless simplicity to judges and juries alike.”
The Legal 500 2023
“Benjamin is very professional and conscientious and fights hard for his clients.”, “He is absolutely excellent.”, “He is extremely intelligent and excellent in court.”
Chambers and Partners 2023
Current instructions include an individual facing trial in Operation Larkshot, a £260 million money laundering investigation, and advisory work in relation to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Recent cases include:
- Operation Lunar – HMRC investigation into £330 million tax fraud;
- Operation Circus – £25 million fraud and money laundering scheme built around ‘bullet trades’ and Ponzi scheme;
- R v Lucy Letby – neonatal nurse charged with multiple offences of murder and attempted murder;
- R v CC and Others – £160 million finance fraud and corruption allegation prosecuted by SFO;
- R v David Duckenfield – police match commander at the Hillsborough Stadium tragedy tried for gross negligence manslaughter;
- Operation Uzana [Barton and Others] – complex probate and accounting fraud and the leading Court of Appeal authority defining the test for dishonesty in English criminal law
Career
Called 1994; QC 2014
Memberships
- Northern Circuit
- Criminal Bar Association
- Fraud Lawyers Association
- JUSTICE
Education
- LLM – International and European Human Rights Law (Distinction) – University of Leeds
- BA – Joint Honours – University of Leeds
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