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Ben Silverstone

"Ben is one of the best juniors I have ever worked with - super bright, user friendly and also excellent on his feet."
"Ben is simply excellent - he is a top rate junior all around - his advice, drafting and advocacy are all superb. He is great with clients."
"He is great on his feet and his knowledge is encyclopaedic."

Chambers UK (2024) and Legal 500 (2025)
Called: 2009

Ben specialises in media and information, data protection, public law and public / private international law. He is ranked in Chambers and Partners in Data Protection, Defamation/Privacy, Group Litigation and International Human Rights Law, and in Legal 500 in Data Protection, Defamation and Privacy, and Group Litigation. In 2025 Ben was shortlisted as Media, Privacy, Information Law Junior of the Year (Chambers UK Bar Awards) and as Technology, Data and Crypto Junior of the Year (Legal 500 Bar Awards).

Ben has a broad practice in media and information law, with a particular expertise in data protection, defamation, breach of confidence, privacy and harassment claims and in related areas such as freedom of information, reporting restrictions, source protection issues, open justice and contempt of court.

Among the recent notable cases in which he has acted are the following:

  • Duke of Sussex v News Group Newspapers: breach of confidence / misuse of private information claim relating to alleged unlawful information-gathering.
  • Chishti v Telegraph Media Group: libel claim relating to allegations against a prominent US businessman.
  • Wright v McCormack: trial of libel claim brought by an individual claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin; and subsequent Court of Appeal decision on damages.
  • Mueen–Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Supreme Court decision on abuse of process in defamation claims.
  • Eurasian Natural Resources Corp Ltd v Qajygeldin: breach of confidence claim brought against the former Prime Minister of Kazhakhstan.
  • Banks v Cadwalladr: defamation proceedings brought against a prominent investigative journalist.
  • Elphicke v Times Newspapers: libel claim brought by a former MP.
  • Bindel v PinkNews Media Group: libel claim brought against an online newspaper.
  • Oliver v Shaikh: online harassment claim brought by a Circuit Judge.
  • Channel 4 v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis: case on costs in production order applications against media organisations.
  • Stunt v Associated Newspapers: Court of Appeal decision on the journalistic exemption under the Data Protection Act 1998.
  • R v Sarker: Court of Appeal decision on reporting restrictions in a criminal trial.
  • Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd: Court of Appeal decision on an interim injunction made against a media organisation.
  • Miller v Associated Newspapers: decision of the Supreme Court on the recovery of additional costs in libel and privacy claims.
  • Hourani v Thomson: trial of libel and harassment claim brought by a prominent Kazakh businessman.
  • PJS v News Group Newspapers: Supreme Court decision on an application to discharge a privacy injunction relating to a celebrity.
  • Guardian News and Media & others v Incedal and another: two Court of Appeal decisions on in camera hearings and reporting restrictions in a criminal trial.
  • Yeo v Times Newspapers: libel claim brought by a former MP.
  • Vidal-Hall & others v Google Inc: Court of Appeal decision establishing that damages are available in data protection claims without proof of special damage.

Ben has a particular expertise in large-scale and group litigation. For several years he has acted as junior counsel for News Group Newspapers in the privacy claims managed together as the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation. He previously represented over 100 claimants who brought defamation, data protection and conspiracy claims in the group litigation relation to the “blacklisting” of workers in the construction industry over the course of several decades.

Pre-publication advice

Ben has worked as a regular duty lawyer for the BBC, the Independent and the Observer. He has also provided ad hoc pre-publication advice to a number of media organisations as well as charities and NGOs.

Publications on media and information law

Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide (Matrix, 2017; updated 2018): co-author of the chapter on identifying the proper defendant.

Human Rights Practice (Sweet and Maxwell, 2013); co-author of an update of the chapter on article 10: freedom of expression.

Ben’s practice in public and human rights law spans a range of work, including judicial review claims, civil actions against public and private bodies and Tribunal cases.

Significant cases in which he has been instructed include the following:

  • R (LXP) v Central Criminal Court: judicial review of an order granting access by the Metropolitan Police to materials belonging to a journalist.
  • R (Cornerstone) v Ofsted:  judicial review claim brought by an independent fostering agency in respect of an Ofsted inspection report, raising issues of discrimination and the right to freedom of religion.
  • XYZ and others v Ministry of Defence: claims brought in respect of alleged unlawful detention and mistreatment of Iraqi civilians during and after the 2003 Iraq War.
  • R (Miranda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal decision that the power to stop, search and detain under the Terrorism Act 2000, Schedule 7 was incompatible with Article 10 ECHR.
  • Allbutt v Ministry of Defence: Supreme Court decision establishing that combat immunity did not bar negligence claims relating to a death and injuries sustained on the battlefield

Publications on public and human rights law

Halsbury’s Laws of England, 5th edition: Rights and Freedoms (June 2013), sole author of the chapters on the right to liberty and the right to a fair hearing.

Children in Need: Local Authority Support for Children and Families (Legal Action Group, 1st edition, 2011; 2nd edition, 2013), sole author of the chapter on legal fundamentals.

Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook (Legal Action Group, October 2010), sole author of the chapter on welfare benefits.

Ben has a wide-ranging practice in public and private international law, as well as cases relating to other jurisdictions. As well as cases raising such issues in the English courts, he has been involved in constitutional appeals before the Privy Council (Trinidad & Tobago), the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of Belize. Relevant cases include:

  • Shehabi v Bahrain: Court of Appeal decision on state immunity in case of alleged state-sponsored hacking.
  • Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority v Azima: claim involving allegations of hacking brought against various defendants including the investment authority of one of the United Arab Emirates, raising issues of US law.
  • Al-Masarir v Saudi Arabia: claim against a foreign state raising state immunity issues.
  • Gubarev v BuzzFeed Inc: appeal of order for evidence to be given by deposition in a Florida defamation claim concerning the so-called “Trump dossier”.
  • AAA v (1) Camellia plc (2) Linton Park Plc (3) Robertson Bois Dickson Anderson: claims brought by 85 Claimants alleging human rights abuses on a farm in Kenya.
  • Ramdeen v Trinidad and Tobago: Decision of the Privy Council on the constitutionality of the mandatory sentence of death in Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Fuller v Attorney General of Belize: Privy Council decision relating to extradition proceedings in Belize.

 

Ben is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to their clients, including advice and representation services, Ben needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes their client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which they are instructed. To read Ben’s privacy notice in full, please see here.


Ben is regulated by the Bar Standards Board and accepts instructions under Standard Contractual Terms. To find out more information on the way we work at Matrix, including our fee transparency statement, please see our see our service standards.

DIRECTORY RECOMMENDATIONS

"Ben Silverstone is incredibly bright and capable and can handle Court of Appeal hearings like a KC." "Ben Silverstone has a strong human rights practice. Alongside his notable specialism in privacy and surveillance, he has acted in a number of group claims concerning human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by natural resources companies operating in African countries." "Ben Silverstone is future KC material with strong and impressive legal analytical abilities." "Ben has been brilliant. He is a calm, polished advocate." "Ben Silverstone is very thoughtful, exemplary and unfaultable." "Ben is very clever, so responsive and his written work is excellent."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, International Human Rights Law

"Ben Silverstone is a well-reputed barrister who acts in a markedly broad range of group action cases. He is often brought into cases concerning data privacy and human rights." "Ben is phenomenal. He is a Trojan about the work he can get through and the number of issues he can get through. His advocacy is excellent. Clients love him." "He is great. His drafting is brilliant and he turns things really quickly, skeleton arguments are always completely spot-on."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, Group Litigation

"Ben's arguments are always completely spot on." "Ben Silverstone is a highly impressive barrister with a broad practice covering the full ambit of media law. He frequently appears in high-profile defamation and data protection cases."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, Defamation/Privacy

"Ben is an expert in his field who provides excellent and carefully thought-through advice." "Ben is an excellent barrister. He is very quick and precise with his written work." "Ben Silverstone is phenomenal. He is a Trojan about the work he can get through and the number of issues he can get through."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, Data Protection

"Ben is highly intelligent and skilled barrister who can always be relied on for accurate and precise advice on complex issues. In addition to his professional skills, he has a pleasant and friendly manner and is calm in the face of difficult strategic problems."

Legal 500, 2026, Data Protection

"Ben can always be relied on to provide expert and carefully calibrated advice on complex and sensitive cases." "Ben is incredibly organised and has excellent attention to detail."

Chambers & Partners, 2025, Data Protection

"Ben is incredibly organised and has excellent attention to detail. He is a very good cross-disciplinarian, with a very capable mind that can be deployed to a wide range of legal circumstances." "Ben is very much in demand, a very popular junior. He is very clear in his thinking, has very good judgement and knows the law of defamation." "Ben is very impressive, incredibly intelligent and very sharp. He is definitely someone who the media think of very well."

Chambers & Partners, 2025, Defamation/Privacy 

"Ben is very good on anonymity and confidentiality." "His written advocacy is excellent.""

Chambers & Partners, 2025, Group Litigation

"Ben is incredibly organised and has excellent attention to detail. He has a flexible and very capable mind that can be deployed to whichever legal circumstance he is having to deal with." "Ben provides detailed and careful advice."

Chambers & Partners, 2025, International Human Rights Law

"Ben is simply excellent - he is a top rate junior all around - his advice, drafting and advocacy are all superb. He is great with clients."

Legal 500, 2025, Group Litigation

"Academic excellence, ability to simplify the most complex issues for the benefit of the client, legal team and the court. The words encyclopedic knowledge are perhaps over-used but they certainly apply to Ben. What he doesn’t know is not worth knowing."

Legal 500, 2025, Defamation and Privacy

"He is highly analytical. He's very detail-focused and he has a skill set that crosses into other surprising areas of law."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Civil Liberties & Human Rights

"‘He has an incisive mind and is clearly an expert in his field."

Legal 500, 2024, Data Protection

"His drafting is really good, and he provides responsive and sensible advice." "Ben Silverstone can be relied on to provide high-quality, expert advice on complex matters."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Data Protection

"Ben is one of the best juniors I have ever worked with - super bright, user friendly and also excellent on his feet."

Legal 500, 2024, Defamation & Privacy

"He is great on his feet and his knowledge is encyclopedic."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Defamation & Privacy

"He has a very strong attention to detail. You can be sure that he will have considered a problem from every possible angle and come to a very carefully thought out solution."

Legal 500, 2024, Group Litigation

"Ben is very good, smart and nice to deal with." "He is very approachable, deliberate, calm and unshakable." "Ben is very good and clever."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Ben's drafting and advice are great and he is very structured in the way he presents his arguments."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Group Litigation2023

"Ben is a great barrister who does an incredible amount of international work concerning freedom of expression."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Civil Liberties & Human Rights

"Ben Silverstone can navigate legal frameworks and complex content with precision and skill." "Ben is very knowledgeable and provides a client with excellent service, being able to provide detailed advice on short notice."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Data Protection

"Ben's advice is sensible, useable and fast. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the data protection legislation and always has a creative solution."

Legal 500, 2023, Data Protection

"Very collaborative - an up-and-coming star."

Legal 500, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Can be relied on to provide accurate and high-quality advice on complex issues."

Legal 500, 2023, Group Litigation

"Extremely bright, he knows media law inside-out and is incredibly thorough. He knows the points to fight and those to drop. Unflappable."

Legal 500, 2022, Defamation & Privacy

"He provides straightforward, clear advice on complex data protection and privacy issues which gets straight to the nub of the case."

Legal 500, 2022, Data Protection

"He is really a standout: he has encyclopedic knowledge of data protection, privacy and defamation." "He is a very approachable and responsive barrister, and has a great knowledge of the subject area." "He's strong on the media aspect of data protection work, and is a very intelligent advocate."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Data Protection

"A very practical and clever barrister; hard-working and not daunted by the complexities of the case."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Group Litigation

"He is a thoughtful and hard-working junior with particular experience in media-related data disputes.” “He is super bright and has good judgement.” “Although he is busy he always finds time to talk to you and get things done."

Chambers & Partners, 2021 (Data Protection)

"He’s incredibly able, hard-working and very clever.” “An extremely bright and unflappable junior."

Chambers & Partners, 2021 (Defamation & Privacy)

"Outstanding both on paper and on his feet."

Legal 500, 2021 (Data Protection)

"Fantastically bright, able to grapple with immense detail and apply it to a bigger picture."

Legal 500, 2021 (Defamation & Privacy)

"A very well-rounded barrister and an able junior especially for production order cases."

Legal 500, 2021 (Media and Entertainment)

"He’s very good on paper, his arguments are very fluid and effective, and he brings a good perspective.” “A great communicator and a great advocate who brings a sense of authority in negotiations."

Chambers & Partners, 2021 (Data Protection)

"Very smart and very good with clients.” “An expert in his field."

Chambers & Partners, 2020 (Defamation & Privacy)

"Delivers amazing drafting and is highly responsive.” “Charming and hard-working."

Chambers & Partners, 2020 (Administrative & Public)

"He is very responsive and drafts well, particularly for breach of confidence and privacy matters."

Legal 500, 2019

"Developing a notable strength in administrative and public law disputes which involve a crossover with human rights law. He is instructed on behalf of claimants and defendants in a wide range of judicial reviews. Recently, he has appeared in challenges to the government’s legal aid reform."

"He is superb. Really good and very bright. He is very talented, extremely clever and a very good writer.” “He is phenomenally hard-working and diligent. He puts in more hours than others and is on top of all the papers."

Chambers and Partners 2019 (Administrative & Public)

"Impressive junior with a broad practice covering the full ambit of media law. He frequently appears in high-profile defamation and data protection cases."

"An excellent junior: he has a keen eye for detail, is responsive and has a solid knowledge of media law."

Chambers and Partners 2019 (Defamation & Privacy)

"Incredibly bright and hardworking."

Legal 500 2018 (Defamation & Privacy)

"A superb junior, whose advice is always thoughtful and on-point."

Legal 500 2018 (Media & Entertainment)
Matrix Chambers
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+44 (0)20 7404 3447
Called: 2009

"Ben is one of the best juniors I have ever worked with - super bright, user friendly and also excellent on his feet." "Ben is simply excellent - he is a top rate junior all around - his advice, drafting and advocacy are all superb. He is great with clients." "He is great on his feet and his knowledge is encyclopaedic."

Chambers UK (2024) and Legal 500 (2025)

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Civil Liberties and Human Rights
  • Commercial Public Law
  • Election Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Media and Information Law
  • Court Orders affecting the Media
  • Data Protection
  • Defamation and Privacy
  • Harassment 
  • Public Law
  • Public International Law
  • Public Law: Information, Data and Privacy
  • Health and Social Care (including welfare benefits)
  • Private International Law
  • ESG

Ben Silverstone

Contact Ben: bensilverstone@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447

Contact Ben's Practice Team (Team M): TeamM@matrixlaw.co.uk


Ben specialises in media and information, data protection, public law and public / private international law. He is ranked in Chambers and Partners in Data Protection, Defamation/Privacy, Group Litigation and International Human Rights Law, and in Legal 500 in Data Protection, Defamation and Privacy, and Group Litigation. In 2025 Ben was shortlisted as Media, Privacy, Information Law Junior of the Year (Chambers UK Bar Awards) and as Technology, Data and Crypto Junior of the Year (Legal 500 Bar Awards).

Media and Information Law

Ben has a broad practice in media and information law, with a particular expertise in data protection, defamation, breach of confidence, privacy and harassment claims and in related areas such as freedom of information, reporting restrictions, source protection issues, open justice and contempt of court.

Among the recent notable cases in which he has acted are the following:

  • Duke of Sussex v News Group Newspapers: breach of confidence / misuse of private information claim relating to alleged unlawful information-gathering.
  • Chishti v Telegraph Media Group: libel claim relating to allegations against a prominent US businessman.
  • Wright v McCormack: trial of libel claim brought by an individual claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin; and subsequent Court of Appeal decision on damages.
  • Mueen–Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Supreme Court decision on abuse of process in defamation claims.
  • Eurasian Natural Resources Corp Ltd v Qajygeldin: breach of confidence claim brought against the former Prime Minister of Kazhakhstan.
  • Banks v Cadwalladr: defamation proceedings brought against a prominent investigative journalist.
  • Elphicke v Times Newspapers: libel claim brought by a former MP.
  • Bindel v PinkNews Media Group: libel claim brought against an online newspaper.
  • Oliver v Shaikh: online harassment claim brought by a Circuit Judge.
  • Channel 4 v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis: case on costs in production order applications against media organisations.
  • Stunt v Associated Newspapers: Court of Appeal decision on the journalistic exemption under the Data Protection Act 1998.
  • R v Sarker: Court of Appeal decision on reporting restrictions in a criminal trial.
  • Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd: Court of Appeal decision on an interim injunction made against a media organisation.
  • Miller v Associated Newspapers: decision of the Supreme Court on the recovery of additional costs in libel and privacy claims.
  • Hourani v Thomson: trial of libel and harassment claim brought by a prominent Kazakh businessman.
  • PJS v News Group Newspapers: Supreme Court decision on an application to discharge a privacy injunction relating to a celebrity.
  • Guardian News and Media & others v Incedal and another: two Court of Appeal decisions on in camera hearings and reporting restrictions in a criminal trial.
  • Yeo v Times Newspapers: libel claim brought by a former MP.
  • Vidal-Hall & others v Google Inc: Court of Appeal decision establishing that damages are available in data protection claims without proof of special damage.

Ben has a particular expertise in large-scale and group litigation. For several years he has acted as junior counsel for News Group Newspapers in the privacy claims managed together as the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation. He previously represented over 100 claimants who brought defamation, data protection and conspiracy claims in the group litigation relation to the “blacklisting” of workers in the construction industry over the course of several decades.

Pre-publication advice

Ben has worked as a regular duty lawyer for the BBC, the Independent and the Observer. He has also provided ad hoc pre-publication advice to a number of media organisations as well as charities and NGOs.

Publications on media and information law

Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide (Matrix, 2017; updated 2018): co-author of the chapter on identifying the proper defendant.

Human Rights Practice (Sweet and Maxwell, 2013); co-author of an update of the chapter on article 10: freedom of expression.

Public and human rights law

Ben’s practice in public and human rights law spans a range of work, including judicial review claims, civil actions against public and private bodies and Tribunal cases.

Significant cases in which he has been instructed include the following:

  • R (LXP) v Central Criminal Court: judicial review of an order granting access by the Metropolitan Police to materials belonging to a journalist.
  • R (Cornerstone) v Ofsted:  judicial review claim brought by an independent fostering agency in respect of an Ofsted inspection report, raising issues of discrimination and the right to freedom of religion.
  • XYZ and others v Ministry of Defence: claims brought in respect of alleged unlawful detention and mistreatment of Iraqi civilians during and after the 2003 Iraq War.
  • R (Miranda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal decision that the power to stop, search and detain under the Terrorism Act 2000, Schedule 7 was incompatible with Article 10 ECHR.
  • Allbutt v Ministry of Defence: Supreme Court decision establishing that combat immunity did not bar negligence claims relating to a death and injuries sustained on the battlefield

Publications on public and human rights law

Halsbury’s Laws of England, 5th edition: Rights and Freedoms (June 2013), sole author of the chapters on the right to liberty and the right to a fair hearing.

Children in Need: Local Authority Support for Children and Families (Legal Action Group, 1st edition, 2011; 2nd edition, 2013), sole author of the chapter on legal fundamentals.

Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook (Legal Action Group, October 2010), sole author of the chapter on welfare benefits.

International law

Ben has a wide-ranging practice in public and private international law, as well as cases relating to other jurisdictions. As well as cases raising such issues in the English courts, he has been involved in constitutional appeals before the Privy Council (Trinidad & Tobago), the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of Belize. Relevant cases include:

  • Shehabi v Bahrain: Court of Appeal decision on state immunity in case of alleged state-sponsored hacking.
  • Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority v Azima: claim involving allegations of hacking brought against various defendants including the investment authority of one of the United Arab Emirates, raising issues of US law.
  • Al-Masarir v Saudi Arabia: claim against a foreign state raising state immunity issues.
  • Gubarev v BuzzFeed Inc: appeal of order for evidence to be given by deposition in a Florida defamation claim concerning the so-called “Trump dossier”.
  • AAA v (1) Camellia plc (2) Linton Park Plc (3) Robertson Bois Dickson Anderson: claims brought by 85 Claimants alleging human rights abuses on a farm in Kenya.
  • Ramdeen v Trinidad and Tobago: Decision of the Privy Council on the constitutionality of the mandatory sentence of death in Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Fuller v Attorney General of Belize: Privy Council decision relating to extradition proceedings in Belize.

 


Ben's Privacy Notice

Ben is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to his clients, including advice and representation services, Ben needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes his client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which he is instructed. To read Ben’s privacy notice in full, please see here.


DIRECTORY RECOMMENDATIONS

"Ben Silverstone is incredibly bright and capable and can handle Court of Appeal hearings like a KC." "Ben Silverstone has a strong human rights practice. Alongside his notable specialism in privacy and surveillance, he has acted in a number of group claims concerning human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by natural resources companies operating in African countries." "Ben Silverstone is future KC material with strong and impressive legal analytical abilities." "Ben has been brilliant. He is a calm, polished advocate." "Ben Silverstone is very thoughtful, exemplary and unfaultable." "Ben is very clever, so responsive and his written work is excellent."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, International Human Rights Law

"Ben Silverstone is a well-reputed barrister who acts in a markedly broad range of group action cases. He is often brought into cases concerning data privacy and human rights." "Ben is phenomenal. He is a Trojan about the work he can get through and the number of issues he can get through. His advocacy is excellent. Clients love him." "He is great. His drafting is brilliant and he turns things really quickly, skeleton arguments are always completely spot-on."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, Group Litigation

"Ben's arguments are always completely spot on." "Ben Silverstone is a highly impressive barrister with a broad practice covering the full ambit of media law. He frequently appears in high-profile defamation and data protection cases."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, Defamation/Privacy

"Ben is an expert in his field who provides excellent and carefully thought-through advice." "Ben is an excellent barrister. He is very quick and precise with his written work." "Ben Silverstone is phenomenal. He is a Trojan about the work he can get through and the number of issues he can get through."

Chambers & Partners, 2026, Data Protection

"Ben is highly intelligent and skilled barrister who can always be relied on for accurate and precise advice on complex issues. In addition to his professional skills, he has a pleasant and friendly manner and is calm in the face of difficult strategic problems."

Legal 500, 2026, Data Protection

"Ben can always be relied on to provide expert and carefully calibrated advice on complex and sensitive cases." "Ben is incredibly organised and has excellent attention to detail."

Chambers & Partners, 2025, Data Protection

"Ben is incredibly organised and has excellent attention to detail. He is a very good cross-disciplinarian, with a very capable mind that can be deployed to a wide range of legal circumstances." "Ben is very much in demand, a very popular junior. He is very clear in his thinking, has very good judgement and knows the law of defamation." "Ben is very impressive, incredibly intelligent and very sharp. He is definitely someone who the media think of very well."

Chambers & Partners, 2025, Defamation/Privacy 

"Ben is very good on anonymity and confidentiality." "His written advocacy is excellent.""

Chambers & Partners, 2025, Group Litigation

"Ben is incredibly organised and has excellent attention to detail. He has a flexible and very capable mind that can be deployed to whichever legal circumstance he is having to deal with." "Ben provides detailed and careful advice."

Chambers & Partners, 2025, International Human Rights Law

"Ben is simply excellent - he is a top rate junior all around - his advice, drafting and advocacy are all superb. He is great with clients."

Legal 500, 2025, Group Litigation

"Academic excellence, ability to simplify the most complex issues for the benefit of the client, legal team and the court. The words encyclopedic knowledge are perhaps over-used but they certainly apply to Ben. What he doesn’t know is not worth knowing."

Legal 500, 2025, Defamation and Privacy

"He is highly analytical. He's very detail-focused and he has a skill set that crosses into other surprising areas of law."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Civil Liberties & Human Rights

"‘He has an incisive mind and is clearly an expert in his field."

Legal 500, 2024, Data Protection

"His drafting is really good, and he provides responsive and sensible advice." "Ben Silverstone can be relied on to provide high-quality, expert advice on complex matters."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Data Protection

"Ben is one of the best juniors I have ever worked with - super bright, user friendly and also excellent on his feet."

Legal 500, 2024, Defamation & Privacy

"He is great on his feet and his knowledge is encyclopedic."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Defamation & Privacy

"He has a very strong attention to detail. You can be sure that he will have considered a problem from every possible angle and come to a very carefully thought out solution."

Legal 500, 2024, Group Litigation

"Ben is very good, smart and nice to deal with." "He is very approachable, deliberate, calm and unshakable." "Ben is very good and clever."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Ben's drafting and advice are great and he is very structured in the way he presents his arguments."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Group Litigation2023

"Ben is a great barrister who does an incredible amount of international work concerning freedom of expression."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Civil Liberties & Human Rights

"Ben Silverstone can navigate legal frameworks and complex content with precision and skill." "Ben is very knowledgeable and provides a client with excellent service, being able to provide detailed advice on short notice."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Data Protection

"Ben's advice is sensible, useable and fast. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the data protection legislation and always has a creative solution."

Legal 500, 2023, Data Protection

"Very collaborative - an up-and-coming star."

Legal 500, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Can be relied on to provide accurate and high-quality advice on complex issues."

Legal 500, 2023, Group Litigation

"Extremely bright, he knows media law inside-out and is incredibly thorough. He knows the points to fight and those to drop. Unflappable."

Legal 500, 2022, Defamation & Privacy

"He provides straightforward, clear advice on complex data protection and privacy issues which gets straight to the nub of the case."

Legal 500, 2022, Data Protection

"He is really a standout: he has encyclopedic knowledge of data protection, privacy and defamation." "He is a very approachable and responsive barrister, and has a great knowledge of the subject area." "He's strong on the media aspect of data protection work, and is a very intelligent advocate."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Data Protection

"A very practical and clever barrister; hard-working and not daunted by the complexities of the case."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Group Litigation

"He is a thoughtful and hard-working junior with particular experience in media-related data disputes.” “He is super bright and has good judgement.” “Although he is busy he always finds time to talk to you and get things done."

Chambers & Partners, 2021 (Data Protection)

"He’s incredibly able, hard-working and very clever.” “An extremely bright and unflappable junior."

Chambers & Partners, 2021 (Defamation & Privacy)

"Outstanding both on paper and on his feet."

Legal 500, 2021 (Data Protection)

"Fantastically bright, able to grapple with immense detail and apply it to a bigger picture."

Legal 500, 2021 (Defamation & Privacy)

"A very well-rounded barrister and an able junior especially for production order cases."

Legal 500, 2021 (Media and Entertainment)

"He’s very good on paper, his arguments are very fluid and effective, and he brings a good perspective.” “A great communicator and a great advocate who brings a sense of authority in negotiations."

Chambers & Partners, 2021 (Data Protection)

"Very smart and very good with clients.” “An expert in his field."

Chambers & Partners, 2020 (Defamation & Privacy)

"Delivers amazing drafting and is highly responsive.” “Charming and hard-working."

Chambers & Partners, 2020 (Administrative & Public)

"He is very responsive and drafts well, particularly for breach of confidence and privacy matters."

Legal 500, 2019

"Developing a notable strength in administrative and public law disputes which involve a crossover with human rights law. He is instructed on behalf of claimants and defendants in a wide range of judicial reviews. Recently, he has appeared in challenges to the government’s legal aid reform."

"He is superb. Really good and very bright. He is very talented, extremely clever and a very good writer.” “He is phenomenally hard-working and diligent. He puts in more hours than others and is on top of all the papers."

Chambers and Partners 2019 (Administrative & Public)

"Impressive junior with a broad practice covering the full ambit of media law. He frequently appears in high-profile defamation and data protection cases."

"An excellent junior: he has a keen eye for detail, is responsive and has a solid knowledge of media law."

Chambers and Partners 2019 (Defamation & Privacy)

"Incredibly bright and hardworking."

Legal 500 2018 (Defamation & Privacy)

"A superb junior, whose advice is always thoughtful and on-point."

Legal 500 2018 (Media & Entertainment)