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Health & Safety - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Ben Compton KC is a heavyweight practitioner who is instructed in major disaster cases, representing company directors and corporate defendants. He has an enviable clientele of leading construction companies, retailers and corporations. Compton is noted for his work in corporate manslaughter and gross manslaughter cases.
Strengths
He delivers a masterclass in advocacy, approach and always has the ears of the tribunal. Ben is concise and well-judged in his words. He has a generosity of spirit.
He is really knowledgeable, really sensible and has such an amazing client manner, he dealt with the case so calm and reassuringly, the client felt they were in really safe hands.
Ben always provides the client with reassurance, often in the most challenging circumstances. He is a truly outstanding advocate, and his written submissions are first-class.