Laurie Child

Overview

I’m Counsel in our Jersey Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and a member of our specialist Channel Islands employment team.

I advise on the full range of employment and discrimination law matters, including litigation claims, complex employee relations issues, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring projects. I have particular experience of collective or unionised employment issues, and contribute regularly to cross-border matters for clients operating globally.

My work also includes advising on discrimination law matters arising outside of the employment relationship. This has included obtaining an order striking out a claim against a provider of occupational health services, and negotiating the mediated outcome of a claim relating to the provision of customer telephone banking services.

I advise on all areas of data protection law, and have acted in a number of competition/antitrust matters and contentious matters deriving from Jersey's financial services regulatory regime and tax information exchange legislation.

Professional qualifications

• Advocate, Jersey, December 2022
• Solicitor, England and Wales, 2012 (currently non-practising)

What the directories say

In Chambers and Partners UK 2025, Laurie is ranked as Up and Coming in Offshore: Employment. A source comments: "He considers the bigger picture and offers pragmatic advice to support the best outcome." Another adds: "Laurie always delivers promptly and to a high standard."

In Legal 500 UK 2025, Laurie is ranked as a Leading Associate in Employment, and named as a Recommended Lawyer in Dispute Resolution - Regulatory and White-Collar Crime. He's praised for "offering clear and pragmatic advice," and being "very helpful and knowledgeable."

In Chambers and Partners UK 2024, Laurie is named as an Associate to Watch in Offshore: Employment. A source comments: "Laurie is commercial, able and drives matters forward." Another adds: "He understands our business needs and always reacts on a timely basis with concise and clear guidance."

In Legal 500 UK 2024, Laurie is ranked as a Rising Star in Employment, and named as a Recommended Lawyer in Dispute Resolution - Regulatory and White-Collar Crime.

"Excellent insight and provides impeccable client service with a commercial lens" and "a very competent professional that goes out of his way to maintain good relationships by providing sound advice and support".  The Legal 500 UK, 2023

"Always a pleasure to deal with". Chambers and Partners UK 2023

"He is personable, down to earth, commercial and very easy to deal with." "He has been a pleasure to work with. I find him responsive, considered and commercially aware." Chambers & Partners UK, 2022

"Laurie Child has provided outstanding support…he takes the work very seriously but himself less so." "He is always very approachable and has been a pleasure to deal with over the years." The Legal 500 UK, 2022

"Very helpful, very quick to respond and gives very practical advice." Chambers & Partners UK, 2021

"He is a good sounding board for legal and HR type matters and is a credit to the team and the firm." The Legal 500 UK, 2021

"Highly praised by clients for his discrimination law expertise." The Legal 500 UK, 2020  

What clients say

"Practical, commercial, very responsive and proactive."