"She's fabulous: she obtains great results and is extremely commercial, helpful and responsive."
Laura is an employment law specialist, regularly appearing in the employment tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. Laura acts for both applicants and respondents in cases involving unfair and wrongful dismissal, unlawful deductions from wages, redundancy and all forms of discrimination.
Laura has extensive experience of multiple equal pay litigation – regularly appearing opposite Queen’s Counsel – and has acted for over 1000 claimants in one case. Laura has also appeared in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Supreme Court on a complex TUPE transfer matter. Laura has experience of restraint of trade clauses in both the High Court and County Court.
Using her expertise in dealing with complex employment law litigation and related wage and financial issues, Laura has a developing practice in tax law work related to indirect tax and VAT, with additional expertise in its intersection with public law.
Laura is often invited by organisations to lecture on employment law topics and has written a number of published articles. Laura is also a chapter author of Blackstone’s Guide to the Equality Act.
Academically she has a first class law degree from University College London and obtained prizes for academic achievement including the Herbert Smith Prize for Exceptional Merit (for achieving the highest mark in the UCL Public Law Exam).
In 2012 Laura was nominated for the Bar Pro Bono Award and in 2019 was appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel. In 2019 Laura was appointed as a Deputy Chair of the Central Arbitration Committee.
Laura’s Appellate level experience includes:
Laura is a member of the ELAAS Scheme.
Laura’s Employment Tribunal experience includes:
Laura has represented claimants at both the County Court and High Court in respect of Restraint of Trade clauses.
Articles and Downloads
Laura is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. I order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Laura needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Laura’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
Laura is regulated by the Bar Standards Board and accepts instructions under the Bar Council Standard Contractual Terms. To find out more information on this and the way we work at Matrix, including our fee transparency statement, please see our see our service standards.
Appellate level work
Laura has extensive experience of Appellate level employment law cases and has appeared in the Court of Justice of the European Union (Alemo-Herron v Parkwood Leisure – whether a collective agreement reached after a TUPE transfer can bind the transferee), the Supreme Court (Hounga v Allen – discrimination and illegality), the Court of Appeal (Okedina v Chikale – unfair dismissal, contractual claims and illegality; Burke v College of Law (disability discrimination and competence standards; Gallop v Newport City Council (disability discrimination and knowledge). Laura has appeared before the Employment Appeal Tribunal on over 25 occasions including Atkinson v Community Gateway Association (significant case clarifying the law as to whether an employee can bring a constructive dismissal claim when they are themselves in repudiatory breach of their contract of employment), Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board v Hughes and others (harassment on grounds of disability) and Bradley v Royal Holloway University (equal pay and the material factor defence). A full list of cases can be found below.
Employment Tribunal Work
Laura is frequently instructed in important test cases (e.g. Schafer v Royal Holloway University – test equal pay claims brought by multiple professors, test issues on like work and material factors; Alawi and others v Autism Plus – test case on the application of national minimum wage and travel time following the judgment of the CJEU in Tyco and Parker v MoJ – test case on the need for employers to provide suitable facilities for a new mother to express milk at work).
Laura also has significant experience of large multiple claims (e.g. Laura represented over 1000 claimants in an equal pay claim), represented a respondent in a TUPE claim covering hundreds of employees and represents the Department of Education and Department of Health in cases concerning the changes to teachers and NHS pensions schemes impacting on thousands of employees.
Laura also has extensive experience of complex TUPE matters and complex and lengthy whistleblowing and discrimination claims.
Laura has experience of conducting independent investigations where companies and their current and past employees are in dispute. Recent investigations have concerned allegations of harassment, bullying, unequal pay and disability discrimination.
Using her expertise in dealing with complex employment law litigation and related wage and financial issues, Laura has a developing practice in tax law work related to direct and indirect tax and VAT, with additional expertise in its intersection with employment law.
Laura was led by Eleni Mitrophanous Q.C. in the case of Adecco v HMRC (a multi-million pound appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning whether an employment bureau made a VAT supply for temporary staff to the end user).
Laura was sole counsel in the case of Wilson v HMRC (an appeal concerning a test point of whether or not a partner in an LLP could be taxed as an employee).
Laura also has extensive experience of advising on IR35 issues.
Laura is an ADR Group Accredited mediator and mediates across all areas although she has particular experience in employment, contract and commercial law disputes.
Laura is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. I order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Laura needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Laura’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
"Laura Prince is thorough and she is succinct." "She is a very commercially minded barrister; she is pragmatic and she knows what the client is looking for."
"Fabulous: she obtains great results and is extremely commercial, helpful and responsive."
"A far-reaching practice advising employers, employees and governmental bodies on all aspects of employment law including equal pay and discrimination claims. She is recognised for her proficiency in complex TUPE matters and clients value her commercial acumen."
"Has excellent technical knowledge and is always well prepared."
"Highly thought of amongst practitioners who recognise her expertise in handling complex TUPE and equal pay matters."
"Her calm, intelligent and measured approach to all cases and requests for advice makes her a great legal and commercial asset to any company>"
"She's fabulous: she obtains great results and is extremely commercial, helpful and responsive."
Chambers & Partners 2021
Contact Laura: lauraprince@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447
Contact Laura's Practice Team (Team M): TeamM@matrixlaw.co.uk
Laura is an employment law specialist, regularly appearing in the employment tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. Laura acts for both applicants and respondents in cases involving unfair and wrongful dismissal, unlawful deductions from wages, redundancy and all forms of discrimination.
Laura has extensive experience of multiple equal pay litigation – regularly appearing opposite Queen’s Counsel – and has acted for over 1000 claimants in one case. Laura has also appeared in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Supreme Court on a complex TUPE transfer matter. Laura has experience of restraint of trade clauses in both the High Court and County Court.
Using her expertise in dealing with complex employment law litigation and related wage and financial issues, Laura has a developing practice in tax law work related to indirect tax and VAT, with additional expertise in its intersection with public law.
Laura is often invited by organisations to lecture on employment law topics and has written a number of published articles. Laura is also a chapter author of Blackstone’s Guide to the Equality Act.
Academically she has a first class law degree from University College London and obtained prizes for academic achievement including the Herbert Smith Prize for Exceptional Merit (for achieving the highest mark in the UCL Public Law Exam).
In 2012 Laura was nominated for the Bar Pro Bono Award and in 2019 was appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel. In 2019 Laura was appointed as a Deputy Chair of the Central Arbitration Committee.
Laura’s Appellate level experience includes:
Laura is a member of the ELAAS Scheme.
Laura’s Employment Tribunal experience includes:
Laura has represented claimants at both the County Court and High Court in respect of Restraint of Trade clauses.
Articles and Downloads
Laura is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. I order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Laura needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Laura’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
Laura is regulated by the Bar Standards Board and accepts instructions under the Bar Council Standard Contractual Terms. To find out more information on this and the way we work at Matrix, including our fee transparency statement, please see our see our service standards.
Laura is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. I order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Laura needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Laura’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
"Laura Prince is thorough and she is succinct." "She is a very commercially minded barrister; she is pragmatic and she knows what the client is looking for."
"Fabulous: she obtains great results and is extremely commercial, helpful and responsive."
"A far-reaching practice advising employers, employees and governmental bodies on all aspects of employment law including equal pay and discrimination claims. She is recognised for her proficiency in complex TUPE matters and clients value her commercial acumen."
"Has excellent technical knowledge and is always well prepared."
"Highly thought of amongst practitioners who recognise her expertise in handling complex TUPE and equal pay matters."
"Her calm, intelligent and measured approach to all cases and requests for advice makes her a great legal and commercial asset to any company>"