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Benedict accepts instructions across all of Chambers’ core practice areas, with a focus on public and administrative law; inquests; property and housing matters; local government; and planning work.
Benedict was called to the Bar in July 2023 having received the highest overall mark in his cohort on the ICCA Bar Course. Since joining Chambers in October 2024, Benedict has maintained a court-heavy practice alongside his drafting and advisory work. He appears frequently in the County Court dealing with cases at both their interlocutory and trial stages. Benedict has particular experience in housing and property work. Having been seconded to a housing association as a pupil barrister, he is now regularly instructed by both landlords and tenants in housing possession, disrepair, and anti-social behaviour cases. As such, he has wide-ranging experience dealing with succession matters, mortgage possession cases, and discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010.
Benedict frequently appears before the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court in both civil and criminal matters, namely on behalf of the police and local authorities in civil application hearings and on behalf of public and private clients in prosecutions under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Benedict also has experience appearing before the Coroner’s Court, before a range of regulatory panels in professional disciplinary cases, and before the High Court in committal proceedings.
Benedict appeared as junior counsel in the High Court in Pentagon Food Group Ltd. and others v B. Cadman Ltd. [2024] EWHC 2513 (Comm) and as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal in Awolowo v Awolowo & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 641.
Prior to being called to the Bar, Benedict worked as a data protection paralegal and undertook a remote placement at a capital defender’s officer in Louisiana.
Benedict is also able to accept instructions on a direct access basis.
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Chambers is delighted to announce that both Ilana Hirschberg and Benedict Scantlebury have accepted tenancy after the successful completion of their pupillages with 4-5 Gray's Inn Square.
4-5’s current pupils Ilana Hirschberg and Benedict Scantlebury have commenced the second half of their pupillage and are now ‘on their feet’.
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Planning officers and legal teams across multiple local authorities are being invited to attend a specialist training webinar on Judicial Review (JR) risks in planning, taking place on 14 April.
Chambers is pleased to deliver specialist training to local authorities, providing comprehensive instruction on the application of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) to enforcement activity.
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A September to remember...
Financial Services analysis: In a preliminary hearing of Mr Burdett’s and Mr Goodchild’s (the Applicants) referrals to the Upper Tribunal (UT) of decision notices (the Notices) issued to them by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Tribunal made a number of rulings on the Applicants’ and FCA’s procedural applications.
What was the background to the Pensions Ombudsman’s decision? What was the Pensions Ombudsman's decision? What are the implications for pension schemes?
Rowena Wisniewska Sethi, barrister and Benedict Scantlebury, pupil at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square look at: What are the practical implications of this case? What was the background? What did the Tribunal decide? Case details