Laura Scott

What Laura can do for you

Laura joined Hempsons in 2014 from a claimant background. She is an Associate in the healthcare litigation team specialising in clinical negligence claims made against the NHS.

Laura has a varied caseload, including obstetric, spinal, amputation and mental health claims, and matters relating to consent and the standard of surgery. She sits on the firm’s Quality Committee and has had a number of successful outcomes at trial.

 Main areas of expertise

• Clinical negligence
• Committal proceedings – including representing the Trust and securing an immediate 6-month custodial sentence in Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust v Metcalf (2021)

The clients she works with

• NHS Resolution
• NHS bodies

Qualifications

• Legal Practice Course
• Masters in Law (specialising in healthcare)
• Law LLB

Recent publications

• “Kore v Brocklebank – pre-action Part 36 offers in fatal accident claims”
• “Factual witnesses and expert advisors – lessons learnt from recent trial wins” – Medico Legal Magazine