Laura Giachardi

Barrister, 42 Bedford Row

Laura is a busy and sought after practitioner. She practices predominantly in medical law and personal injury, including claims for psychiatric injury caused by work related stress.

Her medical law practice encompasses both clinical negligence and court of protection matters involving mental capacity issues. Laura convenes and lectures on the Masters course for Medical Negligence and Misadventure at King’s College London.

She has a particular expertise in the Illegality Defence, and worked on the Illegality Project at the Law Commission. She appeared in the Supreme Court case of Stoffel v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42.

Laura has also worked on various contract, property, trusts and probate matters as well as cases of professional negligence. She appeared in the Supreme Court case of Devani v Wells [2019] UKSC 4, concerning contractual terms and estate agent commissions.

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False imprisonment

Practice Notes

This Practice Note covers false imprisonment generally and in the personal injury context. It discusses liability, limitation, causes of action, procedure and damages.

PI & Clinical Negligence

Misfeasance in public office

Practice Notes

This Practice Note deals with the tort of misfeasance and the ingredients of the tort, where the tortfeasor is a public officer, the requirement for the tortfeasor to have exercised power as a public officer at the time of the relevant action and to have acted (or failed to act) in bad faith, the requirement for the public officer to have known at the time that the act would probably harm somebody, causation, the requirement for damage and vicarious liability.

PI & Clinical Negligence