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 across the full range of employment law and litigation matters, including day to day human resources issues, internal employee relations processes, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reorganisation projects, and statutory and contractual claims. I have particular experience of matters involving collective or unionised employment issues, and contribute regularly to cross-border matters for clients operating globally.

I also advise on discrimination law matters arising both in the employment relationship and in the context of the provision of goods and services. This has included obtaining an order striking out a claim against an occupational health services provider, and negotiating the mediated outcome of a claim relating to customer telephone banking services.

I work with clients on the process of applying for business licensing permissions under Jersey's housing and work controls regime. I provide additional capability on the immigration and workforce mobility aspects of establishing and maintaining a business in Jersey.

My work further includes advising on information law and data protection matters, supporting clients with regulatory enforcement action, handling data subject rights requests and managing routine compliance.

I have acted in a number of competition/antitrust matters, preparing and managing applications for merger approval, and in 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 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."