Laura Profumo

Practice Areas

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

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.

Career

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

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

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

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)

Professional Memberships

INQUEST Lawyers' Group (ILG)

Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

Police Action Lawyers' Group (PALG)