Ben Summers

Practice Areas

Ben acts in cases of serious criminal offending, including murder and serious violence, rape and serious sexual offences, firearms and drugs offences. He combines the attention to detail and thorough preparation for which he is known in other areas of his practice, with excellent advocacy (to juries and judges) and a first–rate service to his lay and professional clients.

Ben has acted for the defence and prosecution in fraud, bribery and anti-trust/cartel investigations, civil enforcement proceedings and prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA, CPS, and HMRC, including cases of insider dealing and market abuse.

Ben has extensive experience of acting for core participants and witnesses before public inquiries, and for interested persons in Article 2 and non-Article 2 inquests in medical, care home and policing contexts, acting for individuals, organisations and families.

Career

Ben was called to the Bar in 1994 and following a civil pupillage, joined QEB Hollis Whiteman. He joined leading white collar firm Peters & Peters in March 2003 and qualified as a solicitor in November 2004; he was appointed as a partner in November 2007. In May 2009, Ben resumed practise as a barrister when he joined 3 Raymond Buildings. In 2019, Ben was the Legal 500 “Crime Junior of the Year”. In 2020/2021 he worked at Hogan Lovells LLP in the Litigation and Arbitration group, working on inquests and the ENRC litigation.

In April 2024 Ben joined 25 Bedford Row in order to expand his practise of serious crime.