Ben Gardner Email & Phone Number

Ben practises primarily in shipping, commodities and international trade, energy, insurance and conflict of laws, within a broad commercial practice. He is a nominee for 'Shipping Junior of the Year' at the 2018 Chambers Bar Awards and he is consistently ranked as a leading junior by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 for his shipping and commodities work, where he is described as "Very clever and a very good advocate", "An excellent barrister, who is precise, commercial and practical in his focus and forceful and effective in his arguments", "very impressive", "A super-bright guy who is very accessible and easy to work with", "a great junior counsel and very user-friendly" and "mature beyond his years" .Ben often appears in Court at all levels, both as sole counsel and as part of a counsel team. Recent cases include:Engelhart v Lloyd's Syndicate 1221 [2018] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 24 (Comm);Seatrade v Hakan (The Aconcagua Bay) [2018] EWHC 654 (Comm);Fulton v Globalia (The New Flamenco) [2017] 1 WLR 2581 (SC);Versloot Dredging v HDI Gerling (The DC Merwestone) [2017] AC 1 (SC);Yemgas v Superior Pescadores (The Superior Pescadores) [2016] All ER (Comm) 104 (CA);South West SHA v Bay Island Voyages (The Celtic Pioneer) [2015] Lloyd’s Rep. 652 (CA).

Listed skills include Legal Advice, Commercial Litigation, International Trade Law, Insurance Law, and 12 others.

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  Barrister

  Quadrant Chambers

  Oct 2010 - Present