Laura Profumo

Inquests and Public Inquiries

Actions Against the Police and Public Authorities

Administrative & Public Law

Laura Profumo specialises in civil liberties and human rights, with a particular focus on claims against public authorities, judicial review, and inquest and inquiries.

Laura has a thriving and varied practice in inquest and inquiry work. She regularly acts for bereaved families in complex Article 2 inquests and has been instructed on several high-profile public inquiries. She co-represented 34 survivors of child sex abuse in relation to the Nottinghamshire Phase of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). She also recently acted in the Brook House Inquiry, set up to investigate the serious mistreatment of immigration detainees, in which she was part of the counsel team representing several formerly detained persons and the charity, Medical Justice.

INQUEST Lawyers' Group (ILG)

Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

Police Action Lawyers' Group (PALG)

"Minding the Gap: Where does tortious liability for public authorities end and human rights liability begin?": Journal of Personal Injury Law, Issue 1, 2019 pp44-50: co-written with Maya Sikand.

'Hill Immunity Revisited: The Beginning of the End?', 9 February 2018.

'The Primary of EU Law: Asserting the Right to Equal Treatment v Judicial Immunity', 8 November 2017.

Bar Professional Training Course, City Law School (Outstanding) (2015-16)

Graduate Diploma in Law, City Law School (Commendation) (2014-5)

BA (Hons) English: Trinity College, Cambridge (First Class) (2010-13)

Eastham Scholarship, Lincoln's Inn (2016)

Buchanan Prize, Lincoln's Inn (2016)

Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln's Inn (2015)

Robert Styring Award, Cambridge University (2012)

Trinity Tripos Prize, Cambridge University (2012)

Runner up in the Cassandra Jardine Memorial Prize - national young female journalists' competition (2014)