Practice Areas
Ben's practice comprises complex criminal and regulatory cases. Within crime his specialities are homicide and serious violence, organised crime, and corporate/'white collar' crime. Recent and ongoing work includes: deaths of children and vulnerable adults, with expert witnesses across a range of medical specialities; gang-related murders; firearms and drugs cases involving intricate telephone and CCTV analysis; large-scale exploitation of vulnerable adults through ‘modern slavery’ and organised sex-trafficking; multi-million pound fraud and money laundering matters involving complexities such as international bond markets, money transfer systems and contract interpretation. Ben's regulatory work encompasses health and safety fatalities, fire safety, food safety, environmental crime, consumer protection and inquests. Recent and ongoing work includes: prosecuting and defending regarding workplace fatalities – e.g. on constructions sites and in factories; prosecuting wholesale trading in counterfeit and other illicit products; prosecuting organised fraud conspiracies involving taxi licensing and industrial refuse processing on behalf of local authorities; advising and representing corporations on H&S matters pre-charge and during inquests, as well as in criminal proceedings; prosecuting and defending environmental matters of particular complexity and involving major corporations.
Career
Called 2006. Recorder 2020. University of Birmingham (BA, First Class). Nottingham Law School (GDL; BVC). Lincoln’s Inn (Tancred Scholarship). Grade 4 prosecutor. CPS specialist panels for serious crime, fraud, rape and confiscation. Attorney General's List of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law (Band A).
