Laura joined JMW in July 2021 as a paralegal in the Personal Injury department.
Laura qualified into the JMW Family Team in September 2024 following her training contract with the firm, including a year with the family law team. She has experience in a wide range of areas:
- Divorce and associated financial matters;
- Child Arrangements disputes and negotiations;
- Applications for non-molestation and occupation orders;
- Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements;
- Separation and Cohabitation agreements;
Laura graduated from the University of Leeds in July 2020 with a degree in Law and French Law and achieved a Distinction in the LPC at the University of Law Manchester. Laura lived and worked in Lyon, France for a year during this time and became immersed in French culture and language.
Laura provides practical and pragmatic advice to clients in a sensitive and personable manner in order to work towards a solution with clients, in difficult times in their lives. She is a member of Resolution and is an advocate for constructive and pragmatic negotiations between parties in accordance with theirs and their family’s needs.
Laura is a keen runner and is part of the JMW run club and often runs with her colleagues and friends across the firm. She is also an active user of Class Pass for exercise classes across Manchester and enjoys walking in the peaks.