Laura Giachardi
Laura is a busy and sought after practitioner. She practices predominantly in medical law and personal injury, including claims for psychiatric injury caused by work related stress.
Her medical law practice encompasses both clinical negligence and court of protection matters involving mental capacity issues. Laura convenes and lectures on the Masters course for Medical Negligence and Misadventure at King’s College London.
She has a particular expertise in the Illegality Defence, and worked on the Illegality Project at the Law Commission. She appeared in the Supreme Court case of Stoffel v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42.
Laura has also worked on various contract, property, trusts and probate matters as well as cases of professional negligence. She appeared in the Supreme Court case of Devani v Wells [2019] UKSC 4, concerning contractual terms and estate agent commissions.