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Provided by Laura Phillips
Practice Areas
Laura Phillips is a specialist regulatory advocate. Her practice encompasses the broad spectrum of consumer, food, health & safety, fire safety, product safety and environmental law and related legislation such as housing and licensing. She is often instructed in matters which cut across consumer and safety law such as product or food safety.
Career
Laura has particular expertise in relation to regulatory enforcement and crime. She advises and acts for individuals, companies, local authorities and other regulatory authorities and the CPS across proceedings in the civil, criminal and appellate courts, and at tribunals, inquiries and inquests. She has represented a wide range of clients including regulators, businesses and individuals including in cases involving fatalities and serious injuries. Her clients include national and international businesses. She is an experienced trial advocate, and mindful of the need to provide timely, practical and commercially sensitive advice.
Publications
Laura is the author of ‘A Practical Guide to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005’ and a contributing author to Consumer and Trading Standards Law and Practice (forthcoming edition) (‘the Pink Book’). She has previously been a contributing author to Garners’ Environmental Law Encyclopaedia, Atkins Court Forms, Westlaw Insight and Lexis Nexis Practice Guides and the Journal of Trading Standards and has lectured at the Bartlett School of Planning at UCL.
Professional Memberships
HSLA
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Laura Phillips receives praise from peers and instructing solicitors for her committed advocacy in consumer-related cases. Her expansive practice encompasses health and safety, food safety, planning and environmental law, among other areas. She acts for a wide range of clients including individuals, businesses and public bodies.
Laura Phillips of Gough Square Chambers handles a broad range of cases spanning from medical safety to train accidents. She predominantly acts for regulators and local authorities in both enforcement and criminal matters but also has experience acting for regulated organisations and individuals.
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Provided by Chambers
"Laura is incredibly hardworking, has excellent attention to detail and is very proactive on cases."
"Laura Phillips is a superb lawyer and a superb advocate."
"Laura is precise in her language and very persuasive in her written work."
"Laura is very collaborative and thorough."
"Laura has great attention to detail and handles sensitive cases in an extremely professional manner. She is incredibly responsive."
"She is good at getting what you need, and she is pleasant and really accommodating."
"Laura is very good at identifying and finding technical arguments that have been done wrong. She has found some really interesting legal arguments and is good on her feet."
"Laura is incredibly hardworking, has excellent attention to detail and is very proactive on cases."
"Laura Phillips is a superb lawyer and a superb advocate."
"Laura is precise in her language and very persuasive in her written work."
"Laura is very collaborative and thorough."
"Laura has great attention to detail and handles sensitive cases in an extremely professional manner. She is incredibly responsive."
"She is good at getting what you need, and she is pleasant and really accommodating."
"Laura is very good at identifying and finding technical arguments that have been done wrong. She has found some really interesting legal arguments and is good on her feet."
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