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Senior Clerk
'Ben Heaviside is a brilliant asset – good on fees and easy to approach.’
‘Benjamin Heaviside is a senior clerk who listens, communicates well and makes himself available.’
"Very organised and very calm, he understands that the client is the priority. He's in control and nothing is ever too much of a problem for him - he steers a really well-run ship."
‘Ben Heaviside is a proper clerk I would put in a high bracket. A good air of judgement.’
"The clerks room are excellent, particularly Ben Heaviside, Dean Allen and Jordan Wescott."
"One of the top clerks in London - he is honest, he always gets it right and he matches clients with barristers immaculately."
"A knowledgeable and outstanding senior clerk who ensures chambers operates to the highest standards."
"An impressive set with clerks who are approachable, helpful, and extremely professional."
"An extremely capable set with the best communicating clerks in the business."
Ben Heaviside has recently joined the set as its new senior clerk. He rated as "business-savvy and someone who is always able to fit the right barrister to the right case."
Ben is chambers’ senior clerk having joined in October 2020 from one of the country’s leading criminal regulatory sets.
In conjunction with chambers committees, Ben leads a number of our business development programmes for learning and development for members, their practises and chambers’ clients.
Ben is the primary point of contact for the silks and senior juniors at Mountford Chambers. He leads a rapidly expanding clerking team as it grows to meet the needs of chambers.
He is dedicated to providing a professional service to all of chambers’ clients and is highly knowledgeable on all chambers’ practice areas, including crime (both serious & organised crime and white-collar investigations), professional discipline, health and safety, environmental, and trading standards prosecutions.
Ben holds a level 5 diploma in business and leadership having completed the course through part time study in his role.
In 2022, Ben was a shortlisted clerk at the Legal 500 Bar Awards.
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