Harry Harris

Year of Call: 2021

Harry is a human rights barrister with a broad civil practice, specialising in actions against the police and state, inquests and inquiries, administrative detention, protest rights and anti-discrimination law.

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Alongside her civil practice, Harry has a particular interest in education law and discrimination, often advising children and vulnerable adults in cases arising from school exclusions and local authority decision-making.

Harry regularly represents bereaved families in inquest proceedings, and is particularly suited to instruction in cases involving prisons and detention.

Administrative and Public Law

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Harry is developing a practice in administrative and public law. Harry has a particular interest in challenges concerning detention in immigration detention, prisons and psychiatric hospitals, as well as wide experience acting in complex claims for judicial review.

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Asylum & Immigration

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Harry has a strong background in immigration law, and has expertise across a broad spectrum of statutory appeals, including asylum, family reunion and human rights appeals. Harry’s practice draws distinctly upon her time spent as a caseworker in the UK and in Athens, and she prioritises a trauma-informed and integrated approach. Harry has a particular interest in challenging immigration detention, drawing on her civil liberties practice, and has extensive experience in obtaining immigration bail for vulnerable clients.

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Immigration Detention Civil Claims

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Harry welcomes instructions in immigration detention civil claims.

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Inquests and Inquiries

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Harry is experienced in representing bereaved families in Article 2 inquests, and is particularly suited to cases involving prisons, detention and police violence.

Harry is a member of the INQUEST lawyers’ group.

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Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities

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Harry has a broad practice in claims against the police and public authorities, and regularly advises and represents Claimants in claims including false imprisonment, assault, malicious prosecution, misfeasance in public office, discrimination and claims under the Human Rights Act 1998, including data protection and breach of Article 8. Harry also advises on claims relating to false imprisonment in immigration detention.

Harry is also a member of the Police Action Lawyers Group (PALG).

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Education Law

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Harry regularly represents parents and families before the First-Tier Tribunal (SEND) Education, Health and Care Plan appeals and disability discrimination claims, as well as advising on breach of contract and negligence claims, challenging decisions in the higher education setting, representing parents who wish to pursue judicial review, and representing parents in school complaint proceedings.

Harry has a particular interest in challenging decisions to permanently exclude children from school, and accepts regular instruction, often pro bono, in this regard.

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Protest Rights

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Harry is developing a practice in protest rights, and welcomes instructions across all areas of protest law. During her pupillage, Harry worked with Stephen Simblet KC on protest cases including civil injunctions taken out by commercial organisations.

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Background

Prior to coming to the bar, Harry worked as an immigration caseworker for Refugee Legal Support (RLS) in London and Athens. She ran the Family Reunion from Europe project, providing legal assistance to displaced people struggling to reunite in the UK post-Brexit, and spent two years provided voluntary legal support in Greece.

She was also part of the Actions Against the Police and State team at Bindmans LLP, where she worked on civil claims and complaints against the police, inquests arising out of deaths in state custody, and cases concerning vulnerable adults unlawfully detained in immigration detention. Harry was a research assistant on an independent report on Injustice in Immigration Detention, commissioned by the Bar Council. Harry has extensive experience working with children and adults at risk, and prioritises a trauma-informed legal practice.

Training and seminars

  • ‘Disability discrimination claims against schools and academies: Upper Tribunal caselaw update’ (July 2024)
  • ‘Criminal Injuries Compensation Training’ (June 2024)
  • ‘Refugee Week – Family Reunion Post Dublin III’, Garden Court Chambers Webinar (June 2021)

Education

  • Warwick University, English and French
  • BPP University, GDL
  • BPP University, BPTC (Lord Denning Scholarship)

Professional Memberships

  • Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
  • Inquest Lawyers Group (ILG)
  • Police Action Lawyers Group (PALG)

Languages

  • French (fluent)

 

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