Reuben accepts instructions in all areas of public law and human rights law, and is happy to work as either sole counsel or junior counsel.

Cases

His recent work includes:

• Acting as sole counsel for the claimants in judicial reviews against local authorities, including:
  • An emergency challenge under the Care Act 2014 to a decision to make a man with HIV and kidney failure street homeless.
  • A challenge under the Housing Act 1996 and the Equality Act 2010, to a long-standing failure to rehouse a disabled family, where the family’s present accommodation posed a threat to the life of one of the children.
• Acting as sole counsel for successful appellants in the First-Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) and First-Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber), in respect of decisions concerning: (i) entitlement to social security benefits; and (ii) Education, Health and Care Plans.
• Acting as junior counsel on behalf of a charity in an on-going judicial review under the Human Rights Act 1998 in respect of a decision of the Home Office.
• Acting as junior counsel on behalf of a survivor of serious sexual assault in an on-going challenge against a local authority in respect of long-standing failures to comply with the Housing Act 1996 and the Children Act 1989.
• Providing advice in all areas of public law, including:
  • Advice for a charity on a dispute with a local authority under the Local Government Act 1972.
  • Advice on a challenge to a local authority under the Housing Act 1996.
  • Advice to a journalist in respect of their rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
  • Advice on multiple challenges under the Human Rights Act 1998 in the context of social security law.

Reuben also has a keen interest in the rights of EU nationals under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement, and has given a seminar on this topic in the context of entitlement to social security and housing benefits.

During pupillage, he assisted on a wide range of public law and human rights law matters, including:

• A judicial review of a deprivation of citizenship decision in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
• A judicial review of a refusal to grant assistance under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
• A judicial review of a housing allocation scheme, alleging discrimination under both the Equality Act 2010 and Article 14 ECHR.
• Advice on merits and quantum for a false imprisonment claim and Article 8 ECHR damages claim in the immigration context.

Reuben accepts instructions in competition law and regulatory matters. He has been instructed as junior counsel in two high-profile competition matters.

Cases

His recent work includes:

• Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings. Acting as junior counsel for the Merchant Claimants in Trial 2A on merchant pass-on, and for the Merchant Claimants and the CICC Class Representatives in Trial 2B on acquirer pass-on.
• Bulk Mail v IDS (formerly Royal Mail). Acting as junior counsel for the class representative, including in the class representative’s successful Collective Proceedings Order application.
• Acting as sole counsel in a novel county court case concerning jurisdiction and competition law matters.

During pupillage, he assisted on a range of competition law and regulatory matters, including:

• A standalone carriage dispute.
• An advice for a funder on the merits of pursuing a collective proceedings order in a niche market.
• An advice for a foreign competition authority in respect of its merger regime.
• An advice on whether certain powers of the Competition and Markets Authority have extra-territorial effect.
• A hearing involving remedies following appeals under Section 192 of the Communications Act 2003.
• Research concerning security duties under Communications Act 2003.

Reuben accepts instructions in data protection and information rights matters.

Cases

His recent work includes:

• Acting as sole counsel for the ICO in multiple First-Tier Tribunal cases, including a matter concerning the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, and an appeal by The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
• Acting as junior counsel in an on-going challenge by a charity against an ICO decision on the basis that the decision breached the Human Rights Act 1998.

During pupillage, he assisted on a range of data protection matters, including:

• An advice on merits and quantum in relation to a breach of Article 8 ECHR and/or the Data Protection Act 2018.
• A particulars of claim in relation to breach of Data Protection Act 1998 / GDPR, and misuse of private information.
• Research on the applicability of Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to information regarding legal fees.

Reuben accepts instructions in commercial matters.

Cases

His recent work includes:

• Acting as sole counsel in multiple county court cases.
• Advice as junior counsel on a contractual dispute (with elements of procurement law) between a commercial entity and an NHS Trust.

During pupillage, he assisted on a range of commercial matters, including:

• A case involving res judicata and jurisdictional issues at common law and under the Lugano Convention, as well as the relationship between Article 6 ECHR and the doctrine of res judicata.
• A case involving whether a particular arrangement fell within Regulation 2(1) of the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993.