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 acts for landowners, local and other public authorities and regulators, individuals, community groups and other parties in relation to a range of disputes concerning land.  He is known in particular for his expertise in highways / public rights of way matters and has considerable experience in town and village greens, disputes over water (including riparian duties and obligations, drainage, abstraction) and private and statutory nuisance.

Harry regularly advises, and has appeared extensively in court and at public inquiries, in disputes engaging these issues.

Harry is also an experienced mediator and although his mediation practice covers a broad spectrum of commercial and civil law disputes, he is regularly instructed to mediate in cases involving property.  In this capacity he has acted in disputes concerning land used for commercial, retail, leisure, agricultural, forestry, education, public, sport, recreation and residential purposes, as well as development land.  He has mediated in conflict engaging a wide range of issues, including the following:

  • Land ownership
  • Boundaries
  • Trespass
  • Easements
  • Rights of way
  • Rights to light
  • Public access and other rights to land
  • Town and village greens
  • Adverse possession
  • Sewerage and drainage
  • Dilapidations
  • Rent arrears
  • Leasehold termination
  • Forestry rights
  • Leasehold covenants
  • Freehold management
  • Sale of land
  • Planning
  • Overage
  • Development
  • Solicitor professional negligence
  • Nuisance
  • Antisocial behaviour
  • Renewable energy installations

Read more about Harry’s mediation practice here.

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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

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

Very commercial, thorough and approachable.”

Legal 500, 2022

  • 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.