Former Irwin Mitchell senior partner and chairman Michael Napier QC has joined the growing ranks at Harbour Litigation Funding after retiring from his former firm this April.

Napier is joining the third-party litigation funder’s investment and advisory team as a consultant. The team already includes former High Court Judge Sir Gavin Lightman, Wragge & Co’s former London managing partner Nicola Mumford and leading insolvency barrister Stephen Davies QC.