Laura joins East Anglian Chambers on 1 September 2025.
Laura specialises in regulatory enforcement, business crime, local government, inquests and tribunals with an established history in representing both private and public sector clients. She also sits as a Tribunal Judge, as a Legally Qualified Person for the Police Misconduct Tribunal, and is a Judicial Member of the FA Panel. Laura will be able to accept direct access instructions from October 2025.
Civil
- Contested claims
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Debt recovery
- Possession proceedings
- Injunctions, including Forced Marriage Protection Orders.
- Applications under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
- Applications on behalf of Constabularies, including DVPOs, Sexual Harm Prevention Orders and Stalking Protection Orders
- Criminal Behaviour Orders
Enforcement
- Health and Safety
- Fire
- Trading Standards
- Education
- Planning
- Highways
- Fly-tipping
Inquests
- Laura has an established practice of advising and representing Constabularies and Local Authorities in advance of, and during, Inquests.
Court of Protection Proceedings
- Applications under s.21A Mental Capacity Act (adults and children).
Motoring
- Laura advises and represents clients in relation to all motoring offences in criminal proceedings.
Miscellaneous
- Laura has conducted investigations and interviewed witnesses for the purposes of disciplinary and grievance procedures and has also undertaken an organisational review and made recommendations for a County Authority.
County Court
Magistrates’ Court
Crown Court
High Court
Tribunals
Coronial Proceedings
LL.B (Hons) Lancaster
LL.M (Hons) Criminal Litigation (with Distinction)
Middle Temple Entrance Exhibition Scholar
“Thanks again for covering this matter – literally in awe of your ability to pick up anything and run with it.”
“I just wanted to thank you very much for your input and guidance on this prosecution. It was an exceptional fine for the offences and testament to the hard work of yourself that brought the case to its successful conclusion.”
“You were amazing. So to the point and you understood and used all the details of the case so astutely!”
- R -v- S – application for Suffolk County’s first Stalking Protection Order, one of three she successfully applied for in the same afternoon.
- Re: WH – enforcement proceedings against stately home in breach of Fire Safety Order leading to six-figure financial penalty.