![]() ![]() Settlement of £2.4m negotiated against a silk. Serious traumatic brain injury to manual worker with osteoarthritis pre-accident and a low IQ, who spoke little English, had never lived independently pre-accident. She is often chosen to represent vulnerable individuals in cases where there was a pre-existing vulnerability, learning disability or underlying illness which complicates quantum. Laura is a seasoned personal injury practitioner with particular expertise in complex brain injury claims but her practice covers the whole range of personal injuries whatever the cause including multiple orthopaedic injuries and psychiatric injuries. She also contributes to Kemp & Kemp Quantum of Damages and Personal Law Practice and Procedure and regularly lectures in personal injury and clinical negligence. She is experienced in judicial review and appellate work arising out of these cases. ![]() Laura also has a longstanding sub-specialism in criminal injuries compensation claims having co-authored the original edition of ‘Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims’ and then generally editing the second edition. In 2022 she won Personal Injury Junior of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards and in 2018 she won the Legal 500 Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence practitioner of the year. She has considerable experience in brain, spinal and other catastrophic injury claims and will handle all aspects of such claims from initial instruction through to JSM, mediation or trial as appropriate with meticulous attention to detail but at all times maintaining perspective. She is empathetic with clients but robust when circumstances require it and very skilled in getting the best out of experts instructed and identifying the flaws or lines of attack in opposing expert evidence. She is a seasoned barrister with great technical ability who will cut to the chase and provide direction in complex claims. Occasionally led, Laura Begley conducts personal injury and clinical negligence cases often against silks in complex and high value work. ![]()
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