Laura Gould

Laura appears in employment tribunals throughout the UK for both Claimants and Respondents including British Airways, John Lewis PLC, Tesco, ASDA, Unite the Union, USDAW, various public healthcare employers including Ambulance Service Trusts and Hospital Trusts and professional bodies such as the BMA.

Additionally, Laura undertakes commercial employment work including issues of breach of confidentiality, restrictive covenants, inducement, conspiracy and conversion. She also deals with overlapping TUPE and insolvency matters.

Laura has experience in a wide range of other commercial work including insolvency proceedings, partnership disputes, contractual disputes and consequent enforcement proceedings including charging orders and orders for sale

Laura’s sports law practice has involved her advising and representing parties on matters such as anti-doping proceedings separately involving both humans and horses, challenges brought under the Arbitration Act 1996, club to club bonus contractual disputes, contested boxing promotional rights and FA Agents Regulations. Laura acts on behalf of the RFU in disciplinary matters and sits on appeal panels for British Cycling.

Called 2009 Lincoln’s Inn

2010-2011 Pupillage 3 Serjeants’ Inn

2011-2024 Kings Chambers

2024-Present Old Square Chambers

Employment Lawyers Association Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association