Laura joined Hamblin Family Law in 2025 after nine years with top-tier firm Penningtons Manches Cooper. She advises on all areas of family law including nuptial agreements, divorce and financial claims, and has a particular focus on children matters. Laura’s approach is constructive and pragmatic. She recognises the profoundly personal nature of our work and supports clients professionally and, in the words of a former client, ‘on a human to human level’. Her goal is to help her clients find practical resolutions that will remain effective for them and their family long after the lawyers have stepped away.

Laura specialises in high conflict children cases often involving welfare concerns including domestic abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour, safeguarding issues, and alienating behaviour. She is experienced in international children law and advises on disputes such as relocating a child to live abroad, jurisdictional issues, wrongful removal/retention of a child and education choices.

Alongside her children practice, Laura handles high value financial matters, usually involving complex income and corporate structures and multi-jurisdictional assets.

Laura was shortlisted in the prestigious Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards’ ‘Associate of the Year’ category in 2024. She is a Resolution-accredited specialist in private children law and complex higher income financial remedies. She also sits on the Resolution committee addressing innovation within the profession. Laura is committed to pro-bono legal assistance and was included in the 2024 Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales.

What Georgina says about Laura: I could not be happier to have Laura by my side in growing our firm, and particularly our Children offering. She is immediately reassuring to our clients and has knowledge and experience well beyond her years. I am immensely proud to be continuing to attract the legal stars of the future to our firm, and Laura is another shining example.

What the Legal Directories say about Laura: Laura is ranked as a Key Lawyer in the Legal 500 (2026) directories in Children and Divorce and Financial Remedy