Ms Laura Gould > Kings Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile

Ms Laura Gould

Position

Laura’s practice encompasses employment, sports, business and property law.

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 club to club bonus contractual disputes, contested boxing promotional rights and FA Agents Regulations.

Laura provides regular CPD training and has had articles published in the Financial Times, Personnel Today, People Management Magazine and the Manchester Evening News. She has recorded a podcast for CPDCast entitled ‘A Practical Introduction to Employment Law’.

Career

Called 2009 Lincoln’s Inn

2010-2011 Pupillage 3 Serjeants’ Inn

2011-present Kings Chambers

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association

Northern Chancery Bar Association

Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association

Free Representation Unit

Lincoln’s Inn

Northern Circuit

Education

Bar Vocational Course: Very Competent, Manchester Metropolitan University

Degree: LLB (Hons) Law, University of Liverpool

Secondary Education: Sandbach High School, South Cheshire College