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About
Provided by Ben Lynch KC
Practice Areas
Commercial dispute resolution, (re)insurance, professional negligence, competition, international commercial arbitration and telecommunications.
Recent cases: Russian insurance aviation litigation [2024]; Stonegate Pub Company Ltd v MS Amlin Corporate Member Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 2548 (Comm); Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Limited & ors [2020] Lloyd’s Rep. I.R. 527; [2021] 2 W.L.R. 123; Axis Corporate Capital UK II Ltd v Absa Group Ltd [2021] EWHC 861 (Comm); Rockliffe Hall Ltd v Travelers Insurance Co Ltd [2021] EWHC 412 (Comm); (1) Armstrong (2) Patchett v Respondents [2021] EWCA Civ 978; XYZ v Travelers [2019] 1 WLR 6075; Weatherley v Weatherley [2018] EWHC 3201 (Ch); Snoras v Antonov and Others [2018] EWHC 887 (Comm); Teva v AstraZeneca [2017] EWHC 1852 (Comm); Redman v Zurich Insurance Plc [2018] 1 W.L.R. 280; AIG v ILP LLP [2017] 1 W.L.R. 1168; Maccaferri Ltd v Zurich Insurance Plc [2017] Lloyd’s Rep. I.R. 200; Cape Distribution Ltd v Cape Intermediate Holdings Plc [2016] EWHC 1786 (QBD); JRT v RWL [2015] EWHC 1069 (QB); Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2016] EWHC 2427 (QB); Godiva v Travelers; BT v Ofcom “Ethernet” case [2014] CAT 14; BT v Ofcom “PPC” case [2012] EWCA Civ 1051; Nouri v. (A Firm) [2010] 50 EG 64; Flexsys America L.P. v XL Insurance Company Limited [2010] Lloyd’s Rep. IR 132; ERC Frankona v American National [2006] Lloyd’s Rep IR 157.
Career
Appointed QC 2020. Astbury Scholar, Middle Temple. Columbia Law School, LLM (Stone Scholar). Inns of Court School of Law (Very Competent). Balliol College, Oxford, BA (Hons) Law (Top First in College, Paton Scholar).
Professional Memberships
LCLCBA (previously Chair), PNBA (previously committee member), COMBAR, Advocate.
Publications
MacGillivray on Insurance Law, first and second supplements to 15th Edition (2023 and 2024), 15th Edition, first and second supplements to 14th Edition (2019 and 2020), 14th Edition (2018), 13th Edition (2015), first supplement to 13th Edition (2016), second supplement to 13th Edition (2017), second supplement to 12th Edition (2014), first supplement to 12th Edition (2013), 12th Edition (2012) and 2nd Supplement to 11th Edition (2011); “Discriminate without prejudice” (2004) 154 NLJ 1038; “Pleading Fraud: the Insurer's Alternative” (2004) 154 NLJ 502 with Andrew Burns; and “What will happen to the QC Clause in Insurance Contracts if the rank of QC is abolished?” Corporate Counsel Magazine 2003.
Personal
Languages: working French.
Interests: family, fly fishing, proper sports, modern art, opera.
Trustee of homelessness charity.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Ben Lynch KC enjoys an excellent reputation at the Bar for his work in highly complex coverage disputes. He is skilled in representing the interests of both policy holders and insurers in litigation. He also writes and speaks extensively on insurance law.
Ben Lynch KC is a highly regarded silk who is regularly instructed in high-exposure and high-value claims of professional negligence brought against solicitors, barristers and others. He acts in litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and is well known for his outstanding expertise in insurance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ben is excellent and really very good at pitching cases in a way that judges will find attractive. He is also a great team player."
"Ben is a superbly bright individual with technical knowledge and commercial awareness, who stands out amongst his peers. He always delivers his advice in a way appropriate to the particular client."
"Ben has an excellent way with clients. Universally liked and respected, he is very knowledgeable and technically competent, much more so than his years at the Bar would suggest."
"He is phenomenally bright and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of case law and statutory instruments."
"Ben has an incredibly well-deserved reputation as a silk who is beyond clever, and he's wonderfully polite."
"Ben is disarmingly clever. He's incredibly courteous but could disprove anyone."
"Ben gives very well-reasoned and explained advice."
"Ben is a superbly bright individual with technical knowledge and commercial awareness that is always delivered in an appropriate way for the particular client."
"Ben is excellent and really very good at pitching cases in a way that judges will find attractive. He is also a great team player."
"Ben is a superbly bright individual with technical knowledge and commercial awareness, who stands out amongst his peers. He always delivers his advice in a way appropriate to the particular client."
"Ben has an excellent way with clients. Universally liked and respected, he is very knowledgeable and technically competent, much more so than his years at the Bar would suggest."
"He is phenomenally bright and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of case law and statutory instruments."
"Ben has an incredibly well-deserved reputation as a silk who is beyond clever, and he's wonderfully polite."
"Ben is disarmingly clever. He's incredibly courteous but could disprove anyone."
"Ben gives very well-reasoned and explained advice."
"Ben is a superbly bright individual with technical knowledge and commercial awareness that is always delivered in an appropriate way for the particular client."
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Banking Set of the Year and Professional Negligence Set of the Year
Success for Fountain Court as it is named Banking Set of the Year and Professional Negligence Set of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2017
Banking Set of the Year and Professional Negligence Set of the Year
Success for Fountain Court as it is named Banking Set of the Year and Professional Negligence Set of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2017
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