Ben practises in dispute resolution with particular experience in public law and regulatory disputes.
Ben's experience covers a range of public law and regulatory disputes, including judicial review, public inquiries and freedom of information issues.
Ben has acted for a range of private and public sector clients, both bringing and defending public law claims, as well as acting for interested parties and interveners. Ben has worked with clients in sectors such as transport, energy, technology, real estate and pensions.
Ben has also undertaken secondments to the FOI team at a public body and to pro bono clients Child Poverty Action Group and Liberty.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Stagecoach in relation to judicial review proceedings concerning the decision to introduce bus franchising in Greater Manchester
- Core participants in the Covid-19 Inquiry, Horizon IT Inquiry and the IICSA Inquiry
- Property companies in relation to judicial review proceedings regarding leasehold enfranchisement
- Nuclear power companies on public law aspects of their plans to build new nuclear generating stations in the UK
- Liberty, Child Poverty Action Group and the Public Law Project on their Supreme Court intervention concerning remedies under the Human Rights Act
Background
Ben trained and qualified at the firm having studied law with German law at Wadham College, Oxford.
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