Laura Coleclough
SPECIAL COunsel
Laura is a highly experienced commercial litigation lawyer who is passionate about delivering excellent outcomes for her clients. She is friendly, approachable and reliable, with high emotional intelligence, outstanding technical competency and an adaptive-style, she is a force-of-nature in her clients’ corner.
Laura has global litigation experience that she draws on to deliver creative, outside-of-the-box solutions. This experience extends to cases involving fraud, insolvency litigation, shareholder disputes, technology disputes, professional negligence and general commercial disputes, in the context of court litigation, arbitration and mediation. Having acted for both plaintiffs and defendants, Laura is able to apply a strategic approach to her cases, pre-empting opponents’ moves.
Laura’s breadth of experience includes recently acting for a well-known consumer body in the high-profile and landmark case, Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2023] UKSC 25 (featured in The Lawyer’s “Top Appeals of 2023”).
Laura is also a leading lawyer in authorised push payment frauds (APP fraud), the Quincecare duty and recovering losses from banks. Laura has deep knowledge regarding digital assets and new emerging technologies such as crypto, blockchain and artificial intelligence and has published articles and presented on the topic of AI regulation.
- Acting for an insolvency practitioner in a Quincecare duty claim against a bank to recover funds authorised by the directors of a fraudulent ponzi scheme
- Acting for a 'Big 4' liquidator in substantial litigated unfair preference claims against multiple defendants
- Advising a pivotal party in multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy in respect of a recognition of foreign proceedings in Australia
- Acting for a firm in preparing statutory demands and a winding-up petition
- Acting for a consumer body which intervened in a “Top 2023 Appeal” which clarified a bank’s duty of care to its customers in cases involving APP fraud
- Acting for a medical technology business in defending a claim in excess of $1 million in respect of an indemnity, negligence and restitution
- Acting for a defendant in a shareholder dispute seeking permission to appeal
- Acting for a shareholder in a family business dispute, including potential breach of director’s duties claims
- Acting for a medical technology manufacturer in an LCIA international arbitration for breach of implied contractual terms in a claim in excess of USD 1.4 million
- Investigating and advising on a potential group action for breach of financial regulations
- Acting for banks in recovering funds under guarantees and debt claims under financial instruments
- Acting for a company in a breach of warranty claim following acquisition
- Acting for international companies in defending injunctive proceedings for breach of confidence in respect of intellectual property and source code
- Acting for a large retailer in a substantial claim relating to anti-competitive multi-lateral interchange fees
- Advising and acting for a Federation and their members in data breach and privacy claims
- Acting for banks in defending various claims
- Acting for banks and other clients in bringing professional negligence claims against professionals
Laura is dual qualified, she is admitted to practise law in all Australian state courts, in addition to being admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales.
- Member of the Law Society of New South Wales
- Member of the Law Society of England & Wales
- Global Tech Advocates
- Tech London Advocates
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Honours
- Legal Practice Course, England & Wales
- Australian Constitutional Law
- Recognised as a “key lawyer” in Legal 500 (London), (2022)
- Shortlisted as Impact/ESG Adviser of the Year for the City Wealth Awards (London), (2023)