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Provided by Laura Newton
Laura Newton is widely regarded as one of the stars of the junior commercial Bar. She is an experienced senior junior with a commercial practice which sees her regularly instructed in high value international commercial disputes and arbitrations, often with a fraud aspect. Her clients include banks, tech companies, nation states and private individuals. She regularly appears unled in high value disputes in the High Court, often against leading silks. She has also appeared as sole counsel in the Privy Council, where the Board’s judgment noted that her “thorough preparation and well-crafted submissions were of substantial assistance”.
Laura was named Commercial Litigation Junior of the Year by Legal 500 in September 2025 and nominated for that award by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners in 2023. She also won Returner of the Year, as one of the Outstanding Women in Law, in the 2024 Women and Diversity in Law Awards. Previously she has been listed in The Lawyer Hot 100, and was featured as one of the Legal Week 10 Stars at the Bar. She has also been ranked as one of the top 10 commercial juniors at the Bar.
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Laura Newton is a commercial practitioner instructed in individual and multiparty international fraud actions. These arise out of various allegations including deceit and conspiracy.
Provided by Chambers
She is pragmatic, bright, has good judgement and is on top of the details.
She must be right on the verge of taking silk. She is a very able commercial barrister.
Laura Newton has real presence in the market and is very easy to work with.
It has been a tricky technical case, and Laura has always given very sensible advice. She is a good team player, and her pleading and drafting have been very effective.
Laura is very clear in her style, makes confident submissions and is someone judges warm to quickly. Bright and pragmatic in her approach, she has good judgement and is always on top of the details.
Laura has excellent client-handling skills, is very persuasive in her written advocacy and shows great depth of legal analysis. She's also extremely hard-working and a real team player.
She is pragmatic, bright, has good judgement and is on top of the details.
She must be right on the verge of taking silk. She is a very able commercial barrister.
Laura Newton has real presence in the market and is very easy to work with.
It has been a tricky technical case, and Laura has always given very sensible advice. She is a good team player, and her pleading and drafting have been very effective.
Laura is very clear in her style, makes confident submissions and is someone judges warm to quickly. Bright and pragmatic in her approach, she has good judgement and is always on top of the details.
Laura has excellent client-handling skills, is very persuasive in her written advocacy and shows great depth of legal analysis. She's also extremely hard-working and a real team player.