Benjamin Rose

Ben was admitted as a solicitor 2009 after a period of training with a High Street firm in Hull, he went on to act as a Head of Civil and Commercial Litigation for a local firm. After a period working as In-House Solicitor for a FTSE listed travel company and their related airline, he returned to local private practice working in the professional negligence team of Hudgell's, before moving into an audit and Professional Support role with Minster Law. Ben has also spent a period working for an insurer backed firm offering advice to clients as diverse as School and Academy Trusts, EFL football clubs, craft breweries and landed estates.
In the last 4 years Ben has acted almost exclusively as a Deputy District Judge across the North-East of England, hearing matters in areas such as personal injury, contractual disputes, housing, and divorce. Ben also sits in the RCJ and Central London County Court and is authorised to sit in the Financial Remedies Court (previously known as Ancillary Relief). Ben has undertaken FDAs, FDR hearings and final hearings, including multi-day contested hearings with jurisdictional, business and inheritance issues.
Work

Civil - Personal Injury, Housing and Landlord & Tenant, Professional Negligence, Travel & Tourism, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Family - Private Financial Dispute Resolution Hearings, Part IV Family Law Act Hearings (Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders)

Appointments
2023 Visiting Lecturer, Law School, University of Hull
2021-2023 Disability Qualified Tribunal Member; Social Entitlement Chamber (Social Security and Child Support Appeals), First Tier Tribunal
2019 Deputy District Judge, North-Eastern Circuit

2014 Honorary Solicitor, TS Iron Duke, Sea Cadet Corps
Education
2022 to Present, University of Hull, Master of Arts
2006, College of Law; Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
2004, University of Hull; Bachelor of Laws with Honours