Harry Lambert specialises in the areas of product liability, medical tech, clinical negligence, personal injury, and human rights law. He is also renowned for his expertise in group litigation claims relating to these areas.
Harry is one of the leading Product Liability juniors at the Bar. He is ranked in Band 2 in Legal 500 where he is described as someone who “knows the area like the back of his hand”. He acts for both claimants and defendants and has particular expertise in cases involving drugs and medical devices such as the Hepatitis B vaccine, vitamin supplements, and medical aids, as well as the nationwide commercial recall of intra-ocular lenses. Harry has been instructed in many of the big product liability cases of recent years including: Metal on Metal Hips, Thalidomide and the Seroxat litigation in which Harry conducted a hearing against two KCs. It was listed as one of the Lawyer Magazine’s “Top 20 cases of 2019”.
He is instructed in both Grenfell (on product liability matters, for one of the major manufacturers) and in the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation on behalf of News Group Newspapers.
He was nominated for Group Litigation Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2024.
A unique aspect to his legal practice, Harry has a particular interest in and a passion for the intersection of law and emerging technologies. He is dedicated to staying at the forefront of technological developments to better serve his clients in cases involving data privacy, and tech-related legal issues. He is the Founder and Head of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and his 12-part series on Neurotechnology and The Law has garnered academic acclaim, been translated into several European languages, and turned into a podcast run by the Italian equivalent of the Financial Times.
He successfully defended a claim relating to a state-of-the-art custom knee prosthesis using advanced imaging and design, a claim involving new-generation Cochlear implants, and a claim regarding automated eye testing. He has been instructed in a number of cases involving social media, telephone hacking, email hacking, and other invasions of privacy. Harry was a member of the core trial team in the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception (“phone hacking”) Litigation, acting for News Group Newspapers. Over the years, Harry has advised in multiple misuse of private information cases including those involving high-profile individuals and A-list celebrities. He also acts as standing counsel to one of the world’s largest oil companies on human rights issues in a particular region.
Aside from emerging products and technologies in the health field, Harry has a strong general Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence practice. He is a member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) and the British Institute of International Comparative Law (BIICL).
He has a heavyweight Clinical Negligence practice encompassing claims in, inter alia, the fields of neurosurgery, paediatrics, obstetrics, orthopaedics and cardiology. He acts for both Claimants and Defendants.
Harry has particular interest and expertise in amputation cases and is familiar with the highly specialised issues to which such claims give rise. This is a practical, fast-moving sub-speciality of Personal Injury and Harry combines knowledge of the latest prosthetics, with a “problem solving” attitude and a rigorous legal analysis. He also specialises in workplace accidents, public liability and RTAs.
Harry also sits as a Coroner in Inner North London, covering Camden, Islington, Tower Hamlets and Hackney. As counsel, he has considerable experience of the coronial jurisdiction and attends inquests nationwide. He is recognised as a leading junior in the directories and, in recent years, has been involved in some of the most high-profile and heavyweight litigation in the field.
Over the years, Harry’s professional clients have included, amongst others, Linklaters, Clifford Chance and Simmons & Simmons, whilst recent lay clients come from those in the Oil, Gas, E-cigarette, Home Electronics, Healthcare Equipment, and White Goods sectors.
He provides advice with meticulous detail (“a very detailed and focused counsel, who never misses a trick” – Legal 500) but if matters go to trial “Harry is a fierce advocate who is able to think outside the box” (Chambers & Partners 2023) and who “fights his corner hard” (Chambers & Partners 2021).