Jonathan Harris (barrister)

{{Short description|British barrister and legal scholar}}

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Jonathan Harris, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|QC (Hon.)}} is a British barrister and {{Cite web | url=https://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/content/nlj-profile-professor-jonathan-harris-qc-serle-court-chambers | title=NLJ PROFILE: Professor Jonathan Harris QC, Serle Court Chambers | New Law Journal}} legal scholar.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/queens-counsel-in-england-wales-2015-to-2016 |title=Queen's Counsel in England & Wales: 2015 to 2016 - News stories |publisher=GOV.UK |date=2016-01-11 |accessdate=2016-07-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/joshua-rozenberg-recognised-with-honorary-qc-award|title=Joshua Rozenberg recognised with honorary QC award {{!}} Solicitors Journal|website=www.solicitorsjournal.com|date=11 January 2016 |access-date=2016-07-20}} He works as a barrister at Serle Court Chambers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legal500.com/firms/9533/offices/9533/lawyers/80301|title=The Legal 500 > Serle Court (Chambers of Alan Boyle QC) > London, ENGLAND > Lawyer profiles > Prof Jonathan Harris|website=www.legal500.com|access-date=2016-07-20}} He specialises in cross-border, commercial and chancery matters (including jurisdiction, enforcement of judgments and choice of law). He has appeared in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council in a number of cases.{{cite web|url=http://www.serlecourt.co.uk/our-people/profile/professor-jonathan-harris-qc|title=Prof Jonathan Harris QC - Serle Court|website=www.serlecourt.co.uk|accessdate=25 February 2018}} He has also drafted legislation for a number of jurisdictions.

He is the joint general editor of the private international law textbook, Dicey, Morris and Collins,.{{cite book|editor1=Lord Collins of Mapesbury |editor2=Jonathan Harris |editor3=Andrew Dickinson |editor4=David McClean |editor5=Peter McEleavy |editor6=Campbell McLachlan |editor7=Richard Aikens |editor8=Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm |editor9=Felicity Toube |title=Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws |date=2016 |publisher=Sweet & Maxwell|isbn=9780414035027|edition=15th}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/people-and-firms/featured/6104-honours-abound-for-academic-lawyers|title=CDR Honours abound for academic lawyers by Ben Rigby - Featured articles|website=CDR Honours abound for academic lawyers by Ben Rigby - Featured articles|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-20}} He is also the author of The Hague Trusts Convention{{cite book|last1=Harris|first1=Jonathan|title=The Hague Trusts Convention : scope, application and preliminary issues|date=2002|publisher=Hart Publ.|location=Oxford [u.a.]: Hart|isbn=9781841131108}} and co-author of International Sale of Goods in the Conflict of Laws.{{cite book|editor=Michael Bridge|first1=James J. |last1=Fawcett |first2=Jonathan M. |last2=Harris |title=International sale of goods in the conflict of laws|date=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford [England]|isbn=9780199244690}} He is also a co-editor of the Journal of Private International Law{{Cite web | url=http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=rpil20 | title=Journal of Private International Law}} and Oxford Private International Law Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-jonathan-harris-qc-hon|title=Professor Jonathan Harris QC (Hon.) - Jesus College, University of Oxford|website=www.jesus.ox.ac.uk|accessdate=25 February 2018}}

Harris is professor of International Commercial Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/people/academic/jharris.aspx|title=King's College London - Professor Jonathan Harris|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|access-date=2016-07-20}} He is a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford and at the Commercial Law Centre, University of Oxford.{{cite web|url=http://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/people/jonathan-harris/|title=Jonathan Harris - Harris Manchester College|website=www.hmc.ox.ac.uk|accessdate=25 February 2018}} Jonathan Harris was educated at Jesus College, Oxford.{{cite web|url=http://www.legal500.com/firms/9533/offices/9533/lawyers/80301|title=The Legal 500 > Serle Court (Chambers of Alan Boyle QC) > London, ENGLAND > Lawyer profiles > Prof Jonathan Harris QC|website=www.legal500.com|accessdate=25 February 2018}}

He has been a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia and Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore.{{cite web|url=http://www.serlecourt.co.uk/our-people/profile/professor-jonathan-harris-qc |title=Prof Jonathan Harris QC |publisher=Serle Court |date= |accessdate=2016-07-15}}

Jonathan Harris is a member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Private International Law.