Olivia Horn

Olivia joined Maitland in September 2024, and enjoys a busy commercial chancery practice, frequently acting in civil fraud, insolvency, property, and commercial litigation. She also has a keen interest in media, entertainment, and art law disputes. 

Olivia appears frequently in both the County Court and High Court, led and as sole counsel.

Prior to joining the Bar, Olivia was a Senior Associate at Sard Verbinnen & Co., a global crisis communications firm based in New York. She gained particular experience advising companies facing reputational challenges against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the US-China trade war, which lends a commercial fluency to her work. Olivia's previous clients also included HNWIs and prominent individuals in the media.

Olivia received a first-class undergraduate degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics & Political Science. She subsequently completed the Graduate Diploma in Law at City University of London and the Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, obtaining both with Distinction and as a scholar of Gray’s Inn. 

Ongoing or recent instructions include:

• Advising on a multi-million dollar breach of contract claim arising out of the supply of sports data in the PRC (led by George Hayman KC);
• Acting for the defendant in a substantial LCIA arbitration in the commodities sector (led by Alec McCluskey); 

• Assisting Maria Mulla in her representation of Heidi Clutterbuck in her claim for breach of confidence/privacy against West Mercia Police for losing her lifetime right to anonymity as a survivor of abuse;
• Successfully obtaining urgent injunctive relief in the High Court to restrain advertisement of a winding-up petition;
• Advising on breaches of directors' duties, applications for vesting orders under s.181 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and/or s.1017 of the Companies Act 2006, and interim relief in support of a claim for unfair prejudice.