Hailsham Chambers

Imran Benson

Imran specialises in professional liability matters with particular experience in claims against lawyers, surveyors/valuers, accountants, auditors, estate agents, architects and builders.

He is often instructed in general commercial matters which frequently involve freezing injunctions, breach of restrictive covenants by former employees, banking disputes, the insolvency and collapse of partnerships and small companies and general contractual disputes. He is a member of Chambers' highly rated Costs Group and he regularly acts for and against solicitors suing clients for bills and in SCCO inter-party assessments. He also acts for both claimants and insurers in personal injury matters.

In appropriate cases Imran is able to accept instructions directly from businesses and individuals.

Further info

Year of call: 2005

Specialist areas: professional indemnity, commercial litigation and personal injury

Education: Bristol University (LLB); Queen Mother Scholarship; Lady Templeman Indo-Goodwill Scholarship; Chancery Bar Lodge Essay Prize

Publications and lectures
Lies, loss and limitation: a general professional negligence up-date (February 2011). A talk to the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.

Mistaken Payments: Law and Practice (October 2008). A talk to the legal team at RBS on the change of position defence.

Recent cases

Kala v Crowe. November 2010. Acted for defendant solicitor accused of negligent drafting of sale of business agreement. Alleged loss of circa £80,000. Claim discontinued after XX of Claimant.
Davidson v Woodbury. Autumn 2009. Acted, with leader, for former estate trustees in complex claim where £1m sought involving issues of dishonesty, breach of fiduciary duty and equitable causation. Settled on first day of 5 day trial.
Darleycrest v McCann. Successfully defended estate agents over a 4 day trial in a claim for £100,000.

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