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Harry transferred to the Bar after training as a solicitor at a Magic Circle firm and completing master’s degrees at the University of Oxford and Yale Law School. Upon successful completion of his pupillage, Harry became a tenant in October 2026. A specialist regulatory barrister, he takes instructions across all of Chambers’ practice areas and is building experience in insolvency and bankruptcy.

An accomplished academic and practitioner, Harry is further developing his expertise in Chambers’ core practice areas as a Teaching Associate on the Commercial and Consumer Law course at Queen Mary University of London. In addition, he teaches Land at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Trusts at King’s College London. He maintains full-time practice alongside his academic appointments.

Harry has enjoyed a stellar academic career and has studied at the top law schools in the UK (Oxford – twice), the USA (Yale), and France (Assas). During his LL.M. year at the Yale Law School, Harry served on four journals and worked as a research assistant to world-leading constitutional law and antitrust professors.

He is a qualified (non-practising) solicitor, having trained at Slaughter and May in London. He won a prestigious scholarship which enabled him to return to the University of Oxford upon qualification, graduating with a distinction in the BCL and faculty prize.

Harry completed the Pupil Pledge with Advocate in just his second week of practice, recognising his commitment to pro bono work at the Bar. He continues to be instructed on a pro bono basis both alone and with instructing solicitors. This means he has experience far above his call in complex cases in a range of areas, involving advocacy in high-pressure situations against more senior specialist practitioners.

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  • Consumer law
    • CMA direct enforcement under the DMCAA 2024: research and drafting re judicial review application in major direct enforcement action, assisting Cameron Crowe KC and Robin Kingham.

    During non-practising period of pupillage:

    • Assisted Jonathan Kirk KC and Stuart Jessop in relation to the Competition and Markets Authority’s exercise of its novel enforcement powers under the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024. Researching and drafting challenges based on internal CMA appeal procedures, judicial review, and statutory High Court appeal grounds.
    • Article on university claims following Hamon v UCL with Jonathan Kirk KC and Lee Finch.
    • Drafted defences, skeleton arguments, and advice notes in relation to claims under the 2013 Cancellation Regulations and the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
  • Financial services
    • Harry regularly appears in the County Court in financial services / regulated finance matters concerning the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and complex aspects of civil procedure.
    • Research for Kevin de Haan KC, Fred Philpott, and Kate Urell on the application of MiFID to cryptocurrency trading.

    During non-practising period of pupillage:

    • Conducted review of suite of lending documentation.
    • Assisted in drafting a research note on limitation in unfair relationship consumer credit claims post-Zedra (USKC, 2026).
    • Conducted research on extortionate credit bargain regime and tipping points in relation to unfair relationship claims post-Johnson (UKSC, 2025).
    • Research and drafting advice on regulated electricity supplies.
    • Research on the indemnity principle and counsel misconduct under the fixed costs regime.
  • Regulatory Crime
    • Regular instructions from Transport for London, conducting both trials and lists.
    • Research and drafting on complex issues of extradition and international criminal law and procedure, led by Robin Kingham.

    During non-practising period of pupillage:

    • Attended PTPHs and trials for offences, including under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
    • Conducted research on expert witnesses and previous adverse judicial comment.
  • General regulatory
    • Regular instructions for the Secretary of State for Transport acting through the DVLA in driving licence medical appeals.

     

    During non-practising period of pupillage:

    • Assisted Stuart Jessop (during non-practising period of pupillage) in professional disciplinary proceedings resulting from historical criminal offending. Drafting materials for anonymity application in relation to the underlying proceedings for consequential judicial review on common law and Human Rights Act 1998 grounds.
  • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Sole counsel for partners in successfully dismissing insolvency and bankruptcy petitions (losses over £100,000) against HMRC, including submissions on costs (pro bono without solicitors). Successful submissions for costs on the indemnity basis against HMRC.
    • Settled (and drafted settlement agreement) long-running director-shareholder company liquidation for less than one third of the amount sought (over £100,000) by liquidators (pro bono without solicitors).
  • Public and administrative law
    • Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme.
    • Advice on proposed judicial review proceedings against the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (pro bono).
    • Sole counsel for partners in proceedings and complaint against HMRC (pro bono without solicitors).
    • CMA direct enforcement under the DMCAA 2024: research and drafting re judicial review application in major direct enforcement action, assisting Cameron Crowe KC and Robin Kingham.

    During non-practising period of pupillage:

    • Assisted Stuart Jessop in professional disciplinary proceedings relating to historical criminal offending. Researching appeal and judicial review grounds relating to underlying proceedings and contributing to drafting judicial review application considering common law and Human Rights Act 1998 issues.
    • Assisted Jonathan Kirk KC and Stuart Jessop in relation to the Competition and Markets Authority’s exercise of its novel enforcement powers under the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024. Researching and drafting challenges based on internal CMA appeal procedures, judicial review, injunction, and statutory High Court appeal grounds.
  • Property
    • Sole counsel for partners in VAT dispute underlying insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings (losses over £100,000) (pro bono). Advice on VAT late-payment penalty regime.
    • North East Derbyshire District Council v Hardy (13 May 2026): Represented respondent to a bad husbandry application at short notice at a full-day hearing with four witnesses (First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Agricultural Land and Drainage). Acted pro bono as sole counsel and without solicitors.
  • Selected other work
    • Employment: Represented claimant in factually, legally, and procedurally complex discrimination and wage deduction claim against international retailer in the Employment Tribunal (contested preliminary hearing). Acted pro bono as sole counsel and without solicitors.
  • Publications

    Harry writes in leading practitioner and academic publications on diverse areas of law.

    Consumer credit:

    • Hatwell, ‘No statutory limitation where statute provides judges with unfettered discretion’ Cambridge Law Journal (forthcoming)
    • Hatwell, ‘Unfair Credit Relationships: Swinging A Broad Axe but with Reasons: Saxby Finance Limited v Ms Daphne Baker [2025] EWHC 2919 (KB)’ 7 JIBFL 520
    • Hatwell, ‘Application of statutory limitation periods to consumer credit unfair relationship claims: THG Plc v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd [2026] UKSC 6’ (2026) 6 JIBFL 401
    • Brayley, Philpott, and Hatwell, ‘Consumer Credit Law’ in Kirk (ed.), Consumer and Trading Standards Law and Practice (Butterworths, 2026)

    Consumer contract:

    • Hatwell, ‘When the truth yurts: Yorkshire Yurts v Crane [2026] EWCC 41’ (2026) 176 (8179) NLJ 7
    • Hatwell, ‘Don’t delay, buy today!’ (2026) 176 (8170) NLJ 11

    Food:

    • Chapter in revised edition of a leading practitioner’s text on food law (under commission)

    Torts:

    • Hatwell, ‘Corporate independent contractors and vicarious liability: time for some principles’ (casenote on Burger v Risk Solutions BG and JD Wetherspoon Plc [2026] EWCA Civ 804) Professional Negligence (forthcoming)

    Trusts:

    • Qayyum and Hatwell, ‘Is administrative unworkability a workable concept?’ Private Client Journal (forthcoming)

    Commercial / other:

    • Hatwell, ‘Low redress and weak merits make for healthy – but scrutinised – profits: Innsworth Capital v Competition Appeal Tribunal [2026] EWHC 1393 (Admin)’ (2026) 8 JIBFL 608
  • Prior professional experience

    Harry trained at Slaughter and May in London (2021-23), where he was awarded numerous departmental and cohort-wide prizes for submission of legal know-how.

    A flavour of his broad experience at Slaughter and May:

    • In the Disputes & Investigations department, he assisted on the Municipio de Mariana appeal (the largest class action in English legal history), as well as long-running competition litigation, and drafted training materials for FTSE 100 companies on consumer and competition law.
    • In Financing, he researched and drafted a detailed note of advice on conflicts of law.
    • In Employment, Pensions, and Incentives, he researched and drafted substantive technical correspondence, notes of advice on whistleblowing, industrial action, transgender and intersex inclusion in sport.
    • In Corporate, he advised FTSE 100 clients on preparing for AGMs and researched matters relating to a CMA greenwashing / consumer protection matter.
    • Throughout his training contract, Harry maintained a busy pro bono practice. He volunteered for St Luke’s Job Clinic, advised a client for Access Social Care, prepared materials for an entrepreneurship scheme with Barclays, researched and advised on charities law, drafted training materials for charity trustees, and participated in community projects and outreach.
  • Education

    LL.M. – Yale Law School, USA 2024-25

    Bachelor of Civil Law – St John’s College, University of Oxford, UK (Distinction) 2023-24

    Legal Practice Course – BPP Law School, UK (Distinction) 2021

    European Law Certificate – Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France (Pass) 2018-19

    BA in Jurisprudence (Law with Law Studies in Europe) – St John’s College, University of Oxford, UK (First Class, ranked fifth in year across Oxford) 2016-20

  • Previous experience and appointments

    At Yale Law School:

    • Served as research assistant to Professor and former Dean of Yale Law School Robert Post (preparing the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Third) of Torts: Defamation and Privacy).
    • Served as research assistant to Professor Fiona Scott Morton (preparing journal articles on American and EU antitrust law).
    • Journals:
      • Senior Submissions Advisor, Yale Law & Policy Review;
      • Articles & Essays Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review;
      • Articles Editor, Yale Journal of Law & Feminism;
      • Lead Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation; and

    At Oxord (BCL)

    • Employed by the Oxford Faculty of Law as the coach for Oxford’s team in the international Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition 2023/24.
    • Commissioned to write moot problem on consumer contract law for compulsory mooting first-year course for the BA in Jurisprudence at Oxford.
    • Served as research assistant to Professor Jérôme Baudry at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland).
    • Played Eugene in the musical Grease at Pembroke College and served the assistant lighting / sound operator for A Series of Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis: The Musical.

    Other:

    • Until indefinitely postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Harry was due to serve as the Foreign Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, Esther Hayut, having been selected in a competitive international recruitment process.
  • Languages

    Harry is fluent in French and developing his Hebrew.

  • Professional members
    • Health and Safety Law Association (HSLA)
    • Financial Services Law Association (FSLA)
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