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International Human Rights Law - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Ben Silverstone has a strong human rights practice. Alongside his notable specialism in privacy and surveillance, he has acted in a number of group claims concerning human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by natural resources companies operating in African countries.
Strengths
Ben Silverstone is incredibly bright and capable and can handle Court of Appeal hearings like a KC.
Ben Silverstone is future KC material with strong and impressive legal analytical abilities.
Ben has been brilliant. He is a calm, polished advocate.
Ben Silverstone is very thoughtful, exemplary and unfaultable.
Ben is very clever, so responsive and his written work is excellent.
Defamation/Privacy - All Circuits
Individual Editorial
Ben Silverstone is a highly impressive barrister with a broad practice covering the full ambit of media law. He frequently appears in high-profile defamation and data protection cases.
Strengths
Ben Silverstone is phenomenal. He is a Trojan about the work he can get through and the number of issues he can get through.
Ben is very quick and precise with his written work.
Ben's arguments are always completely spot on.
Data Protection - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Ben Silverstone cultivates a broad practice across several areas, typically handling everything from media, defamation and privacy to data protection, public law and breach of confidence claims. He commands experience as Attorney General's panel counsel, and as an author on subjects such as freedom of expression.
Strengths
Ben is an expert in his field who provides excellent and carefully thought-through advice.
Ben is an excellent barrister. He is very quick and precise with his written work.
Group Litigation - All Circuits
Individual Editorial
Ben Silverstone is a well-reputed barrister who acts in a markedly broad range of group action cases. He is often brought into cases concerning data privacy and human rights.
Strengths
Ben is phenomenal. He is a Trojan about the work he can get through and the number of issues he can get through. His advocacy is excellent. Clients love him.
He is great. His drafting is brilliant and he turns things really quickly, skeleton arguments are always completely spot-on.