Commercial Litigation, Legal 500 2025
Legal 500 2023
Henry is a commercial barrister specialising in complex disputes. He acts principally for corporate entities in heavy commercial litigation and international arbitration across the following practice areas: commercial disputes, energy, civil fraud, international trade, jurisdiction and procedure, insurance and reinsurance, and financial services.
His recent led work includes:
Henry’s work as sole counsel has included acting for the successful City insurance brokers in a trial about a commercial contract, and successfully acting in a major event cancellation dispute concerning a communicable disease extension.
Henry has also appeared in a number of other reported cases in past years, including:
If you are interested in instructing Henry, please email seniorclerks@7kbw.co.uk
Henry is regularly instructed by parties in high-value commercial disputes. He has a wide range of experience advising on and acting in litigation and arbitration in this field.
Henry regularly acts in the highest-profile insurance and reinsurance disputes. His experience includes Commercial Court disputes and Bermuda Form arbitration, as well as specialist advisory work.
Henry’s experience of commercial fraud disputes spans litigation, arbitration, and advisory work.
Henry has a wide range of experience of energy and energy-related disputes. He has acted in high-value disputes about infrastructure and long-term contracts (including JV contracts, JOAs, and farm-in and farm-out agreements).
Henry’s has significant experience of international arbitration and arbitration-related applications, including applications for relief under s. 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 and for permission to appeal under s. 69 of the Act. He acted, for example, in Permanent Court of Arbitration Case 2017-19, an UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a dispute between oil traders and an African state, led by Stephen Hofmeyr QC.
Henry has acted in a very wide range of shipping and international trade disputes in arbitration, under different sets of institutional rules, and in the Commercial Court.
Henry has experience of aviation disputes in a range of contexts. Examples of work in this area include acting for a private aircraft chartering company in a dispute with a services company and acting in a contractual dispute concerning two private aircraft chartering businesses. He also has experience of aviation insurance disputes.
Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal 500 2025
Commercial Litigation, Legal 500 2025
Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal 500 2024
Zephyrus Aviation Partners v Fidelis Underwriting Limited [2024] EWHC 734 (Comm)
Gavin Kealey KC and Henry Moore succeed on limitation point in the Court of Appeal in £50 million claim
Insurers win preliminary issues trial in £1 billion litigation brought by Stonegate Pub Company
Gavin Kealey QC and Henry Moore succeed in striking out £50 million claim with limitation point
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2012-15 – MA (Cantab) in Law: starred double first (top of year), University of Cambridge
2015-16 – Bar Professional Training Course: Outstanding, City University London
University of Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Gray’s Inn
‘Henry has a phenomenal memory, which others strongly suspect to be eidetic. This provides Henry with a huge advantage over the other mere mortals at the Bar, as his ability to retain, process and distil information is second to none. Indispensable as junior counsel. Without a doubt a future silk.’
Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal 500 2025