Profile
Year of Call:
2026Overview
Ben has a general commercial, civil, and public law practice, with a particular interest, and expertise, in private law remedies.
Ben has lectured private law at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Ben has also worked as an Associate at Jones Day in its commercial litigation practice and, in 2018, he served as an Associate to Justice Anthe Philippides of the Queensland Court of Appeal.
Ben holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the University of Oxford, Master of Laws (First Class) from the University of Cambridge, and Bachelor of Laws (First Class) and Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Queensland. His doctorate was on compensatory remedies in private law.
Ben’s academic work has been published in edited collections as well as leading peer-reviewed scholarly journals, including the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Cambridge Law Journal, and Law Quarterly Review.
Member
Bar Association of Queensland
Career
2023-2025 Lecturer in Law, University of Oxford
2022-2024 Supervisor in Law, University of Cambridge
2020-2021 Associate, Jones Day
2019 Associate, Court of Appeal of Queensland
Education
2026 Doctor of Philosophy in Law, University of Oxford
2022 Master of Laws (First Class), University of Cambridge
2018 Bachelor of Laws (First Class), The University of Queensland
2018 Bachelor of Commerce, The University of Queensland
Awards
2024 Modern Law Review Scholarship associated with University of Oxford
2022 First Class Prize, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge
2018 Valedictorian of Law, The University of Queensland
2017 David F Jackson AM QC Trophy for Outstanding Advocacy, The University of Queensland
