Brick Court Chambers

Commercial dispute resolution

Laura Newton is widely regarded as one of the stars of the junior commercial Bar. She is an experienced senior junior with a commercial practice which sees her regularly instructed in high value international commercial disputes and arbitrations, often with a fraud aspect. Her clients include banks, tech companies, nation states and private individuals. She regularly appears unled in high value disputes in the High Court, often against leading silks. She has also appeared as sole counsel in the Privy Council, where the Board’s judgment noted that her “thorough preparation and well-crafted submissions were of substantial assistance”.

Laura was named Commercial Litigation Junior of the Year by Legal 500 in September 2025 and nominated for that award by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners in 2023. She also won Returner of the Year, as one of the Outstanding Women in Law, in the 2024 Women and Diversity in Law Awards. Previously she has been listed in The Lawyer Hot 100, and was featured as one of the Legal Week 10 Stars at the Bar. She has also been ranked as one of the top 10 commercial juniors at the Bar.

Laura’s experience has been recognised as exceptional for someone of her seniority: she was one of just 10 barristers selected for inclusion in The Lawyer Hot 100 2016, and was also featured as one of the Legal Week 10 Stars at the Bar 2016.  The Lawyer noted that, “At just seven years’ call Laura Newton has been dubbed a ‘superstar’ by QCs for her record of bringing in significant commercial litigation mandates and being a ‘driving force’ in complex case management.”  Legal Week referred to her as “winning plaudits left, right and centre”.

Laura frequently deals with substantial commercial cases, most of which have an international aspect.  Under the umbrella of commercial litigation, Laura’s practice spans contractual disputes, civil fraud, banking and finance, and professional liability.

International arbitration also forms a large part of Laura’s practice. She has been involved as sole Counsel, as well as being led, in a number of substantial LCIA and ad hoc arbitrations.

Laura also has experience of shareholder disputes, applications against directors, applications under the Companies Act 2006, applications under the Insolvency Act, and advising in relation to company law issues.

English, French, German, basic Mandarin

COMBAR

Chancery Bar Association

LCIA

YIAG

Commercial Fraud Lawyers’ Association

Young Fraud Lawyers’ Association

Hatfield College, Durham:

LLB (Dunelm), First class honours Baxter Prize for top performance in college Cervantes Prize for top performance in year

 St Catherine’s College, Oxford:

BCL (Oxon), Distinction Allen & Overy Prize for the Best Performance in Global Comparative Financial Law Allen & Overy Prize for the Best Performance in Corporate Insolvency Law College honours for top performance in the BCL

Astbury Scholarship, Middle Temple

University College London: Visiting Tutor in Tort Law

King’s College London: Examiner in Trusts Law