Laura Briggs KC

Year of Call: 2001
Year of Silk: 2022

Practice Overview

Laura specialises in the law as it relates to children. She maintains a practice in public law cases and in disputes between private individuals, including those with an international element. She acts in cases involving allegations of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, non-accidental injury, fabricated induced illness and radicalisation. In the private law sphere, she represents parents and children in the most serious cases, involving domestic abuse, allegations of emotional harm, parental manipulation and issues relating to parental mental health.

Laura has practised in the Cayman Islands and has advised in proceedings in France and Jersey. She is a qualified arbitrator. In 2016 Laura was appointed a Recorder, sitting in family law on the South-Eastern circuit.

Chambers and Partners

New Silk

2023

Chambers and Partners

Ranked

Band 3 - 2022

Legal 500

Leading Junior

Tier 2 - 2022

Spears' 500

Top Recommended

2022

Chambers and Partners

Ranked

Band 3 - 2021

Legal 500

Leading Junior

Tier 3 - 2021

Chambers and Partners

Ranked

Band 4 - 2020

Legal 500

Leading Junior

Tier 3 - 2020

Family Law Awards

Junior Barrister of the Year - Finalist

2019