Ben Doyle

Ben has a busy practice across a range of civil work, with a particular focus on property and commercial disputes. Ben’s practice is deliberately broad as Ben regularly acts in matters that involve multiple areas of law.

Ben has extensive courtroom experience and has attended over four thousand hearings in the County Court, First-Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal. Ben particularly enjoys appellate work and has appeared successfully as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal.

Before embarking on his legal career, Ben read History at St John’s College, Cambridge, and co-founded an award-winning start-up company in Switzerland. He believes that his experiences in the business world help him to approach cases in a commercial way and to give practical advice.

Ben is friendly and approachable and can explain complex legal matters in simple terms.

Further information

Qualifications

University of Cambridge: MA (Hons)
University of Sussex: Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction)
BPP Law School: Bar Professional Training Course (Very Competent, 84%)
McMahon Studentship, St John’s College (Cambridge)

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association
Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)
Property Bar Association
COMBAR

Recent Testimonials

9.2.2026 Well done. Excellent result. You did extremely well with this all the way through.
6.2.2026 Fantastic result – appreciate all your hard work and helping the client.
4.2.2026 Brilliant news well done!
9.1.2026 Excellent – job well done.
4.12.2025 Fantastic… Thank you for your help on this.
7.11.2025 Fantastic, thank you Ben. The client will be delighted!
25.6.2025 Thank you, Ben. Brilliant result.
19.6.25 Just a note to thank you for your effective, cool-headed handling of yesterday morning’s hearing. Greatly appreciated.
29.5.2025 Many thanks for this which is very thorough and helpful.
2.4.2025 Brilliant. Well done Ben. Much appreciated.
27.2.2025 Thanks Ben. That’s really helpful… I’m confident we’ll reach a reasonable settlement. You are always so helpful, it’s rare I have this sort of thing, but I always know who to come to.
14.1.2025 Just to say thank you for your excellent work last week. The result was perfect and much to do with your past cases presentation and legal argument.
8.1.2025 Thanks for this and your help today. I spoke with the client and he was very pleased with the result.
2.12.2024 Thank you so much for your detailed Attendance Note. A great outcome and your notes in relation to better preparing any future claims are very helpful.
19.11.2024 Thank you again for this brilliant result.
21.8.2024 Brilliant – thanks Ben. Really grateful for your work on this, and for such a quick attendance note.
20.8.2024 This is fantastic news, well done. I’ve just spoken to [the client] and he is delighted.
17.6.2024 Fantastic, thank you Ben.
6.6.2024 Fantastic outcome Ben, thank you very much!

Interests

Ben’s main interests are good food and drink, sport (especially football, cricket and tennis), travel and walking his dog in the country. He is an enthusiastic cook and enjoys baking sourdough bread and pizzas.

Commercial

Ben is a member of COMBAR and regularly acts for companies and individuals on commercial disputes involving breach of contract, sale and supply of goods and services, and actions under the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Ben has particular experience in acting for finance companies. Ben also has considerable experience in debt recovery litigation and enforcement and costs litigation.

Examples of recent work

Ben advised an art dealer on a multi-million pound contractual dispute involving a Picasso painting.
Ben acted for the finance division of a multinational bank in a high-value multiple party case involving complex issues including forged signatures, fraud and misrepresentation. Ben successfully represented the claimant at pre-trial review, mediation and a 4 day multi-track trial.
Ben has successfully represented finance companies in numerous trials relating to motor finance agreements involving rescission pursuant to fully or half-secret commission amounting to a civil bribe and/or breach of fiduciary duty, damages pursuant to s.138D FSMA 2000 and unfair relationships under the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
Ben has successfully represented finance companies in numerous actions involving hire-purchase or hire agreements, recovery of assets, and tortious interference with goods.
Ben represented the successful creditor on appeal of the dismissal of a final charging order application. The appeal court considered that the company debtor’s debt had not been discharged by payment by the company director in his personal capacity in circumstances where that money was repaid to him by a firm of High Court Enforcement Officers instructed by the creditor, and accordingly the debt remained outstanding.
Ben successfully obtained set aside of a default judgment on behalf of an interior decorator in circumstances where there was a real prospect of successfully defending the claim and it was right to grant relief from sanctions.
Ben drafted particulars of claim in relation to a substantial debt claim.
Ben successfully represented a construction company at trial in a contractual dispute involving allegedly unpaid fees.
Ben successfully represented a firm of solicitors in recovering unpaid fees under its retainer and defending a counterclaim for professional negligence.
Ben advised on and drafted pleadings in a multi-track dispute involving a contract for sale of a luxury boat.
Ben successfully acted for a business leasing company in multiple cases involving breach of contract.