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Edward Harrison

Edward Harrison

Position

Edward Harrison has a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice encompassing civil fraud, banking and finance, professional negligence (including accountants' negligence and proceedings involving the FRC), energy and the conflict of laws. He also has experience of public international law and human rights, and is regularly instructed in proceedings overseas (including, on a number of occasions, before the DIFC and QFC Courts). Before coming to the Bar, Edward was an undergraduate and graduate student at Worcester College, Oxford, where he was subsequently a lecturer in contract law.

Edward has been instructed in a number of the leading commercial cases before the English Courts of recent years, including ENRC v Dechert, BayernLB v Bernie Ecclestone, Libyan Investment Authority v Goldman Sachs and UBS v KWL. His recommendations in the legal directories cover multiple practice areas, including commercial litigation, civil fraud and professional negligence. As well as referring to his “very strong intellectual and analytical mind” and “commercial approach” he is also described as “fantastically responsive” and a “strong team player”.

Career

Call: 2008

Languages

Spanish (fluent).

Memberships

COMBAR; Lincoln’s Inn (Lord Mansfield Scholar).

Education

Worcester College, Oxford University (2006 Jurisprudence (First Class Hons)); 2007 BCL; 2008 BVC).

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

Leading junior3
Edward Harrison –Brick Court Chambers ‘Edward is excellent - calm under pressure and really knowledgeable. He reads the situation and the judge well and is able to alter the pitch and style of his delivery to match.'
London Bar

Fraud: civil

Leading junior2
Edward Harrison –Brick Court Chambers 'Edward is calm under pressure, utterly unflappable and brings razor-sharp clarity to the most challenging of fraud cases. He is a silk in waiting.'
London Bar

Professional negligence

Leading junior3
Edward Harrison –Brick Court Chambers ‘He is simply brilliant on audit negligence claims. He is increasingly well known and universally respected across the market.’