Regional law firm Gardner Leader appoints new partner

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Peter Davison

Regional law firm Gardner Leader has appointed litigation lawyer Harry Stewart-Moore as a partner at the firm as it looks to strengthen further its services to businesses and individuals.

With over 15 years’ experience, Harry has practised in both the High Court and London Court of International Arbitration.

He has an extensive knowledge of commercial litigation, acting on shareholder and company disputes, insolvency proceedings, contract claims, professional negligence claims, insurance disputes, and property and construction disputes.

Harry previously held roles at city law firm Watson, Farley & Williams before founding Stewart-Moore Solicitors Ltd in 2013, a specialist litigation firm with a particular emphasis on work in commercial, sports, media and gambling disputes.

He acted on behalf of high-rolling punter, James Longley in his high court claim against the owners of Paddy Power and represented ex-jockey Freddy Tylicki in a successful ground-breaking claim against a fellow jockey for negligent riding during a horse race. Harry also has a specialist knowledge of banking and finance, charterparty and shipbuilding disputes, and disputes within the energy sector.

Based out of the firm’s London office, Harry joins an expanding, highly experienced team of legal professionals.

Gardner Leader employs over 180 staff, working across 12 specialist teams each dedicated to providing specific services to businesses and to individuals. The firm has offices based throughout the South-East, South-West and London.

“I’m delighted to be part of the Gardner Leader team. I’m hoping my experience practising in some niche industries will help in further strengthening the services and legal advice Gardner Leaders’ Dispute Resolution team is able offer to its clients,” said Harry.

Derek Rodgers, managing partner, said: “We’re delighted to add a partner of Harry’s ability to our growing team of trusted advisors.

"Harry brings with him a wealth of experience, practising in some unique areas of law that will enable us to widen our services and the support, advice, and peace of mind we offer to our business and private clients.”

Gardner Leader has offices in Newbury, Thatcham, Maidenhead, and Oxford, and in Swindon following its merger with commercial, corporate and real estate solicitors, Clark Holt. The merger in 2021 helped Gardner Leader to reinforce its services to businesses, and to compete against regional and city law firms.

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.