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St John's Buildings Offices
St John's Buildings
24A-28 ST JOHN STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 4DJ
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Laura Nash
Work Department
Inquests, Regulatory
Position
Laura is a regulatory barrister, with specific experience in professional discipline across a number of tribunals. She has a particular strength in police cases, both gross misconduct and criminal, and represents officers in a range of cases.
She mainly represents the interested parties at inquests including police officers, Health Trusts, medical professionals and care homes. From this experience she moved quickly into professional discipline and appears in cases brought by the GMC, NMC and police services nationally.
Laura also has a wealth of experience representing care homes and registered managers in Care Quality Commission matters, both civil and criminal. In 2021 she was appointed a First Tier Tribunal Judge and sits in the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.
In recent years, Laura has become the go-to advocate to advise on cases with cross-jurisdictional implications, and will often advise individuals where there is the potential for coronial, disciplinary and criminal enforcement action across a single case. Given her knowledge and experience Laura has also been instructed by senior coroners in judicial review proceedings.
Career
Laura started her career as a criminal practitioner, but following her appointment as an assistant coroner in 2017 she developed an inquest and regulatory practice.
Building upon her experience at the Bar, in 2021 Laura was also appointed a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates Court).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Laura Nash – St John’s Buildings ‘Laura has an in-depth understanding of regulatory proceedings and the coronial process, particularly in relation to the representation of healthcare professionals and care homes. She is able to identify the key issues in a case quickly and succinctly and formulate robust and thought-provoking defences, while also being able to advise the client of these in a concise and clear way.’
St John’s Buildings‘ ‘offering for inquests is strong’, and its members have expertise in matters across the space. In recent instructions for the set, Laura Nash represented the Earlsheaton Conservative Club in an inquest into the death of a patron who fell down the stairs of the club.