Harry is incredibly clear and very quickly able to get his point across. It is immediately obvious that he has prepared in depth for conferences and knows the material relevant to his instruction inside out.”

The Legal 500, 2024

Harry is an accomplished and directory-ranked mediator whose practice extends across the commercial spectrum.  His commercial expertise is extensive and covers corporate and shareholder actions, boardroom conflict, share purchase disputes, financial sector litigation and insurance matters, in addition to general contractual disputes.  He also mediates in employment, professional negligence and property cases.

Harry mediates for parties from a wide range of sectors, including aviation, oil and gas, renewable energy, transport and other infrastructure, financial and legal services, real estate, construction and development, manufacturing, distribution and retail, automotive, tourism, leisure and hotels, agriculture and forestry, media, education, care and medicine, and the public and regulatory sector.  These include domestic and international organisations and individuals, and range from large corporates to SMEs, shareholders, directors and partners, professionals and landowners, tenants and other occupiers of land, regulators, local government and other public bodies, community groups and other organisations.

To read more about Harry’s mediation practice, visit his Mediation page here.

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Harry is forensic in his approach to analysing the strengths of a case. He has a commercial outlook and is acutely aware of client objectives. He is personable and a pleasure to work with, yet is capable of taking a tough stand when required.”

Legal 500, 2023

Increasingly winning instructions from high-profile clients in the UK and internationally [ … ] Spurr is ‘personable, calming and not afraid to put forward opposing points of view in the hope it will lead to progress’ .”

Legal 500 2023, Mediators

Very commercial, thorough and approachable.”

Legal 500, 2022

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  • Qualifications & awards:

    • Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
    • Inns of Court School of Law
    • Exeter University

  • Professional memberships:

    • Planning and Environmental Bar Association (PEBA)
    • UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA)
    • Civil Mediation Council (CMC)
    • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

  • Harry Spurr is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and holds a current practising certificate. If you are not satisfied with the service provided, please read here.