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Harry Wright is a commercial barrister who specialises in (re)insurance, professional negligence, aviation, shipping & shipbuilding, and other commercial disputes.

During 2020, he appeared in the FCA Test Case on business interruption insurance claims arising from Covid-19 (recently decided by the Supreme Court); a Supreme Court appeal in a professional negligence claim against auditors (Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton); a shipbuilding case currently on appeal to the Court of Appeal (Shanghai Shipyard v Reignwood); and in a heavy and valuable High Court insurance trial, acting for the broker (ABN Amro v RSA and others).

As well as forming part of a team in large and high-profile commercial cases, Harry regularly appears as sole counsel in court and arbitral proceedings. He has already developed a reputation for the quality of his oral advocacy and cross-examination: the 2021 Legal 500 describing him as an “excellent advocate” with “good instincts for how to deal with both witnesses and the court”.

Harry has been recognised by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 in the fields of insurance & reinsurance, professional negligence and aviation. He is known for his particular expertise in the Insurance Act 2015, having co-written A Practical Guide to the Insurance Act 2015 with David Kendall. He also edits the chapter in Simpson on the liability of auditors and accountants. He is a junior barrister who “performs significantly above his year of call.”

Called 2013; Gray’s Inn. Co-author with James Brocklebank, ‘Stranger than Fiction’ (The Lawyer, 24 June 2013).

Spanish, French

2006-2010: MA History, University of Edinburgh (First Class); 2008-2009: History and Politics, University of Virginia, USA; 2010-2011: GDL, BPP University College, (Distinction); 2011-12: BPTC, Kapla11 Law School, (Very Competent).