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Ben Close KC

UK Bar 2026

St Philips Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Crime

Midlands (Bar)

Financial Crime

The Regions (Bar)

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Crime - Midlands (Bar)

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Individual Editorial

Ben Close is a Grade 4 prosecutor who also defends in a broad range of serious crime. He has particular expertise handling large drugs cases both led and unled.

Strengths

Ben Close is incredibly hard-working and has very good judgement. He is no-nonsense and every thing he does is with a straight bat.

Ben is fiercely bright and hard-working. He has exceptional judgement.

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Financial Crime - The Regions (Bar)

New Silks

Individual Editorial

Ben Close has a broad practice in criminal and regulatory work. He has experience acting on a variety of financial crime matters including money laundering and crypto-frauds. He defends and prosecutes for the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office.

Strengths

Ben Close is exceptionally bright and particularly impressive getting to grips with huge amounts of evidence. He is very good on the law in those complex cases and brings a lot of his experience.

Ben Close is incredibly hard-working and has very good judgement. He is no-nonsense and everything he does is with a straight bat.

His ability to really grasp issues helped enhance my own understanding of the complex issues on a case. He's a tremendously hard-working individual who delivers first-rate service.

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