Ben Holt
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 5 : Crime
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About
Provided by Ben Holt
Practice Areas
Ben was appointed Junior Treasury Counsel, based at the Central Criminal Court, in April 2024 by the Attorney General and as such Ben regularly advises the Attorney General’s Office in relation to Unduly Lenient Sentences. He frequently appears in the Court of Appeal; instructed by the AGO to argue the Reference.
Ben regularly receives instructions from the full range of Specialist Units within the CPS; both as led and leading junior. He is frequently instructed by the Homicide Unit, Special Casework Units [London and the South-East], Specialist Fraud Division, International Justice and Organised Crime Unit [now SEOCID] and the Counter Terrorism Division. Ben has also advised on a wide range of cases pre-charge; including homicide, road fatalities and large-scale fraud investigations. Advice has included matters relating to LPP material.
He has been instructed in a number of murder, attempted murder and road fatality cases. In addition, Ben is instructed in substantial cases involving fraud and international money laundering; both for the prosecution and defence. He has undertaken a significant number of cases as part of Op Northleigh; the investigation into the Grenfell Tower disaster. He has prosecuted (alone and as a leading junior) numerous class A drug conspiracies where the evidence comes from data obtained from Operation Venetic. He has been instructed by the CPS to review disclosure on various matters.
Career
Called to the Bar (2006)
Appointed Junior Treasury Counsel (2024)
Spent a 9-month secondment with HSBC conducting a past-business review into mis-sold interest rate hedging products.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is an effective and organised prosecutor."
"If you want a tactical barrister, then he is your man. He is very good at reading the room and working out what counsel and judges are thinking."
"He is an effective and organised prosecutor."
"If you want a tactical barrister, then he is your man. He is very good at reading the room and working out what counsel and judges are thinking."
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