Practice Areas
Laura appears in employment tribunals throughout the UK for both Claimants and Respondents including British Airways, John Lewis PLC, Tesco, ASDA, Unite the Union, USDAW, various public healthcare employers including Ambulance Service Trusts and Hospital Trusts and professional bodies such as the BMA.
Additionally, Laura undertakes commercial employment work including issues of breach of confidentiality, restrictive covenants, inducement, conspiracy and conversion. She also deals with overlapping TUPE and insolvency matters.
Laura has experience in a wide range of other commercial work including insolvency proceedings, partnership disputes, contractual disputes and consequent enforcement proceedings including charging orders and orders for sale
Laura’s sports law practice has involved her advising and representing parties on matters such as anti-doping proceedings separately involving both humans and horses, challenges brought under the Arbitration Act 1996, club to club bonus contractual disputes, contested boxing promotional rights and FA Agents Regulations. Laura acts on behalf of the RFU in disciplinary matters and sits on appeal panels for British Cycling.
Career
Called 2009 Lincoln’s Inn
2010-2011 Pupillage 3 Serjeants’ Inn
2011-present Kings Chambers
Publications
Financial Times: What are the main maternity rights of a surrogate mother?
Personnel Today: In sickness and in holiday ANGED v FASGA.
People Management Magazine: Life-long medical condition or disability? Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Norris; Permanent health insurance payments and age discrimination Witham v Capita Insurance Service Limited.
Manchester Evening News: Review of TUPE Changes.
‘A Practical Introduction to Employment Law’ CPDCast: http://bit.ly/13fr7XV
